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Three Straight Victories for Women's Basketball

Briana Brandts following Crown victory
 
MANKATO, Minn. – Friday night the women's basketball team topped the Cougars 75-53 in an exciting Upper Midwest Athletic Conference basketball game. On Saturday, the Vikings looked to complete the weekend sweep with a contest against Crown Storm. The Vikings did just that, defeating the Storm 68-51 to earn their third consecutive win.
 
The women's basketball team is now 8-8 overall on the season and 5-3 in the UMAC. Like the men's team, the Vikings will enter the second half of the season this coming weekend.
 
Crown stormed out to a 6-0 lead to begin the game before Haley Sandin drained a three to get the Vikings on the scoreboard. Throughout the first quarter of play, Bethany played from behind, trailing 17-13 to start the second. Bethany took their first lead in the contest with 8:09 remaining in the first half.
 
At the half, Bethany led 36-29 over Crown. Percentage wise, Bethany shot just 32.3% from the field compared to the Storm who entered half at 44%. Sandin led all Viking scorers with 11 first half points while Briana Brandts led all Viking rebounders with 11 total rebounds.
 
Bethany out-rebounded the Storm on the afternoon 53-31 which proved to be the difference in the victory over the Storm. High scorer for Bethany was Sandin, finishing with 19 while teammate Minnie Frederick-Childress added 18 points, nine rebounds, and four steals for her team.
 
Brandts finished the game with 12 points and 19 rebounds to record her fifth consecutive double-double and eighth double-double of the season. Dakota Ellinghuysen also earned a double-double by scoring 11 points and collecting 13 rebounds in the efforts over Crown.
 
Desiree Davis led all scorers with 21 points for the Storm.
 
Next up for Bethany are two UMAC games with St. Scholastica and UW-Superior on January 22nd and 23rd on the road. Check out www.blcvikings.com to stay currently with Vikings athletics.