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Carroll women sweep weekend road trip

BUTTE — Alysha Green went 3-for-4 from behind the arc to lead the Carroll College women with 17 points and help move them into a tie for third place in the Frontier Conference with a 58-50 win over Montana Tech Saturday.

Green proved to be better from treyland — she was 7-for-14 from the field — and followed up a 22-point performance in the Saints’ 67-55 win at the University of Montana Western on Friday.   Story

Foul-line success lifts Saints women

DILLON — The Carroll College women’s basketball team took advantage of 36 attempts from the foul line in a heated defensive battle and knocked off red-hot Frontier Conference opponent Montana Western on the road 67-55 on Friday night.

“I thought we should have shot better from the foul line,” said Carroll head coach Shawn Nelson, whose team hit on 23 of their attempts. “But we did a good job defensively, went on a couple of runs in the second half and I’m just happy with the effort tonight.”  Story

Carroll women blow past Great Falls

The Carroll College women’s basketball team knew Saturday’s matchup against last-place and league-winless Great Falls could get ugly, but the hideously neon-colored windbreakers in the student section for 80’s Night may have been the only bright spot the visitors saw in an 81-56 Saints blowout at the P.E. Center.

Carroll frustrated their guests from end to end throughout the game with a full-court press that forced 20 turnovers, resulted in 14 steals and churned out plenty of breakaway layups.  Story

Saints women end skid

The Carroll College women’s basketball team did everything except hit the easy shots in the first half on Thursday.

Senior shooting guard Elly Bruursema needed all of 19 seconds to reverse that curse after the break, though, leading the hosts to a runaway 65-52 Frontier Conference home win over Montana State-Northern at the P.E. Center.  Story

Carroll women fall just short on the road

The Carroll College women's basketball team couldn't pick up a win on the road to the south of the Frontier Conference, but they did a have vast improvement in just two games.

The Saints dropped their second game in three days with a 72-67 loss to No. 12 Lewis-Clark State on Saturday.

Coming off an 80-51 loss to No. 14 Westminster two nights before, Carroll (10-10 overall, 1-4 conference) proved it could stick with the higher ranked Warriors (19-3, 5-1), right until an injury took the Saints out of their game.

"We played well enough to win, we just couldn't get a break in the second half," said Saints head coach Shawn Nelson. "What really hurt us, I felt we would've won had Nikki Mills not had to leave the game after taking a charge and needing five stitches in her lip."  Story

Carroll women romp past Menlo College

The Menlo College women’s basketball team scored 21 points in the first half on Thursday.

Carroll College matched that ... in 3-pointers.

The Saints (7-5) jumped out to a 52-21 lead at halftime and routed NCAA Division II Menlo College 88-47 at the P.E. Center behind 28 points from senior guard Elly Bruursema.  Story

Dunn, Carroll women edge past MSU-Northern

BUTTE — Alex Dunn had a game-high 17 points and three assists, Elly Bruursema added 10 points more and the Carroll College women’s basketball team broke away from a 25-25 tie at the half to beat MSU-Northern 54-48 Friday night.

The Saints (6-4) completed just one of their 13 3-point attempts, but shot 40 percent from the floor to beat the Skylights (3-6). Fifteen of Carroll’s points came off of turnovers as the Saints forced 21 out of the hands of their opponent, giving up 18 themselves.  Story

Saints women top DSU

DICKINSON, N.D. — Alex Dunn didn’t give up on a missed shot, and her moment of persistence lifted Carroll College to a win Saturday afternoon.

Dunn, a 5-foot-7 junior guard, put back her own miss with 56 seconds left and made two free throws with 10 seconds remaining to seal a 72-68 victory over the 10th-ranked Dickinson State women’s basketball team Saturday afternoon during the Sam Milanovich Classic at Scott Gymnasium.  Story

Poor shooting dooms Carroll women

DICKINSON, N.D. — The Carroll College women’s basketball team suffered through its worst shooting performance of the season Friday, as Minot State blew open an eight-point halftime lead to top the Saints 70-48.

Caroll (4-4) was led by 13 points and six rebounds from junior point guard Alex Dunn, but received five combined points from cold-shooting leading scorers Elly Bruursema and Alysha Green.  Story

Carroll women snap skid

Elly Bruursema led a balanced attack with 17 points and the Carroll College women’s basketball team used a hot-shooting second half to come from behind to beat Dickinson State 77-61 on Friday night at the Carroll P.E. Center. The victory ended a three-game losing streak for the Saints (3-3), who will host California Baptist today at 5 p.m.

Alysha Green added 14 points and Cassie Scheffelmaier 13 for Carroll, which trailed 31-30 at halftime. Story

Carroll to host women's basketball tournament

The Carroll College women’s basketball team will be hosting the Mountain West Bank Classic today and tomorrow in the Carroll P.E. Center.

The Saints (3-2) face Dickinson State (3-1) tonight at 8 p.m., following a matchup between Montana Tech (2-0) and Cal Baptist at 6 p.m. Saturday, Carroll will face Cal Baptist (3-0) at 5 p.m. Story

Women drop third straight game

The Carroll College women’s basketball team found out just what it’s like to play one of the best teams in the country.

The Saints (2-3) dropped their third road contest in three days at the Westminster Classic in Salt Lake City, losing to No. 4 Point Loma University (Calif.) 76-57 on Saturday.  Story

Women's basketball team drops second straight

SALT LAKE CITY - The Carroll College women's basketball team dropped its second straight road game at the Westminster Classic on Friday.

Cassie Scheffelmaier was one rebound shy of the double-double, scoring a team-high 17 points and nine rebounds but the No. 23 Saints (2-2) couldn't rebound well enough after a slow first half, dropping their game to Westmont 61-55.  Story

Mistakes doom women's basketball team in defeat

The Carroll College women turned the ball over 27 times and shot just 5-for-20 from 3-point land in a 79-64 upset loss to The College of Idaho.

The No. 23 Saints, playing in the Westminster Classic in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday, lost to the Lady Yotes for the first time in eight meetings and first time this decade. Story

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