Overtime
win is fourth straight for Mustangs
Posted
1/26/08 8:54 PM
Jessie Dirks |
Addie McCreedy |
CEDAR RAPIDS,
Iowa -- The Mount Mercy College women's basketball team shot a
sizzling 57 percent from the field, including a 5-for-6 performance
in overtime, to defeat Viterbo University (Wis.), 76-69, in Midwest
Collegiate Conference action Saturday at Hennessey Recreation
Center.
The visiting
V-Hawks (9-13, 4-4 MCC) led by as many as seven points early in
the contest, but the Mustangs (8-13, 5-3 MCC), bolstered by 15
points off the bench, took a three-point advantage by intermission.
Neither team went up by more than five after the break, and it
was junior guard Kelli Dabroski's free throws with 29 seconds
left that forced overtime.
Back-to-back
buckets by senior forward Addie McCreedy and Dabroski gave the
Mustangs a quick four-point lead in the extra session, and junior
guard Jessie Dirks scored Mount Mercy's final six points to seal
their fourth consecutive win. The Mustangs took sole possession
of fourth place in the MCC, and can continue to work their way
up the ladder when they take on Grand View College on Monday at
5:30 p.m. at Charles Johnson Wellness Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
Dirks led
all scorers with 16 points. The league's leading free throw shooter
was 6-of-7 at the line as the Mustangs outscored the V-Hawks,
17-8, from the charity stripe. McCreedy added 15 points, a team-high
six rebounds, and four steals. Mount Mercy's bench contributed
25 points, including 13 from freshman guard Heather Bachman and
12 by senior forward Chelsie Patik.
Katie Mechling's
14 points led four V-Hawks in double figures. Audrah Berger chipped
in 13, Raelyn Hayes 11, and Kari Thiel 10. Katina Mandylaris grabbed
a team-best five rebounds, Thiel dished out six assists, and Berger
claimed four steals.
After traveling
to Grand View on Monday, Mount Mercy goes to Iowa Wesleyan College
on Thursday for a 5:30 p.m. contest at Ruble Arena in Mount Pleasant,
Iowa.
