College basketball roundup: Ridgewater women break through with a win
Dec. 10—GRAND RAPIDS — The Ridgewater women's basketball team earned its first victory of the season by beating Minnesota North-Itasca 48-46 on Friday night.
Mallery Geistfeld and Brooke Edlund led the Warriors. Geistfeld, a 5-foot-9 freshman from Granada-Huntley-East Chain, had 22 points on 9-for-17 shooting, including 4 of 11 from 3-point range. She also had five rebounds in 37 minutes.
Edlund had 12 points on 6-for-15 shooting. The freshman from Rocori played 38 minutes. Gabby Randt, the freshman from MACCRAY, played 40 minutes and had nine points and 11 rebounds. Zola Olson, a freshman from Montevideo, also played 40 minutes and had 10 rebounds and four assists.
Ridgewater shot 42.9% (21 of 49), out-rebounded the Vikings 38-29 and committed eight turnovers.
Ridgewater plays Northland Community & Technical College at 1 p.m. Saturday in Thief River Falls.
Ridgewater (1-7) 12 10 15 11 — 48
Itasca (0-12) 9 11 11 15 — 46
RIDGEWATER — Scoring: Zola Anderson 3, Gabby Randt 9, Mallery Geistfeld 22, Brooke Edlund 12, Erika Lozano 2 ... 3-point shots: Geistfeld 4-11 ... Rebound leaders: Randt 11, Olson 9, Zoey Salvador 7 ... Assist leaders: Olson 3, Randt 3 ... Steal leader: Randt 3 ... Block leader: none
ITASCA — Scoring: Lily Gidley 15, Tianna Jones 3, Brooke Meyer 11, Cass Dahn 9, Lacie O'Leary 8 ... 3-point shots: Gidley 1-1, Meyer 1-5, O'Leary 2-4 ... Rebound leaders: Dahn 9, Meyer 7, Jones 6 ... Assist leader: Gidley 4 ... Steal leaders: Meyer 4, Gidley 3 ... Block leader: Jones 1
Ridgewater lost the Minnesota College Athletic Conference game to the Vikings of Minnesota North-Itasca in Grand Rapids.
Donte Whymns had 16 points, nine rebounds and two steals to lead Itasca.
Jaylyn Clardy, the 6-foot-3 sophomore from Pensacola, Florida, had 15 points and six rebounds to lead the Warriors.
Ridgewater plays next at 3 p.m. Saturday at Northland Community & Technical College in Thief River Falls.
Ridgewater (5-4) 20 35 — 55
Itasca (2-6) 24 41 — 65
RIDGEWATER — Scoring: Rodney Lubin 12, Jaylyn Clardy 15, Malik Westerfield 7, Tanner Swanson 2, Deondre Wallace 5, Deron Lacy 3, Terbuto Ochothow 3, Noah Wilts 8 ... 3-point shots: Lubin 2-9, Westerfeld 1-4, Wallace 1-2, Lacy 1-1, Ochothow 1-2, Wilts 2-5 ... Rebound leader: Clardy 6 ... Assist leader: Shane Scharmach 2 ... Steal leader: Wallace 1, Wilts 1 ... Block leader: none
ITASCA — Scoring: Elijah Timmons 2, Johnnie Ambrose 10, Jerome Washington 12, Donte Whymns 16, Tyler Pederson 4, Kade Robb 3, Isaiah Timmons 2, Takieto Palmer Jr. 6, Tamarrien Thorpe 10 ... 3-point shots: Ambrose 2-4, Washington 3-5, Thorpe 2-6 ... Rebound leader: Whymns 9, Washington 7 ... Assist leader: Pederson 2, Robb 2 ... Steal leader: Whymns 2 ... Block leader: Robb 1
