Women's Basketball

[89rabbit]

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Here is an article about the win down in TX.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?B...=461&rfi=9

SDSU stands 6-0; Schlagel voted most valuable player


KINGSVILLE, Texas - Shannon Schlagel, Tournament Most Valuable Player, led South Dakota State to a 90-52 victory over host Texas A&M-Kingsville 90-52 Saturday on the final day of the Turkey Day Shootout.

SDSU, which improved to 6-0 for the season, led 47-23 at halftime, then shot 60 percent (17-for-28) from the field in the second half. SDSU and Concordia St. Paul each went 3-0 in the tournament, but SDSU was awarded the championship trophy based on tie-breaking criteria.


Schlagel had a double-double as he followed Friday's career best 29 point outburst with 28 points and 10 rebounds. She was 10-for-16 from the field.


Reserves Christina Gilbert, with 12, and Brooke Dickmeyer, with 11, were the only other Jackrabbit players in double figures.


SDSU outshot Kingsville 49.2 percent (31-for-63) to 35.7 percent (20-for-56) and had a 50-25 rebounding advantage.


Angela Trotter led Kingsville, 1-2, with 18 points.


Sarita DeBoer joined Schlagel on the all-tournament team. SDSU will host Northern State in a 6 p.m. game Saturday (Dec. 6).

Good Luck Jacks, beat the Wolves!

[JACKGUY]

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Women lose their second game in a row with a loss at Winona. Another terrible shooting night and anothe loss to NSIC team. Not playing like the defending National Champ and #1 team in the country.

[SDSUFAN]

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Losing two in a row could be crtical at the end of season with home court advantage. I listen to part of the game, and just dont have an answer with what going on right now. Our ladies need to re-group. Losing two games is not the end of the season. Still a lot of ball to play.

[89rabbit]

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From the DWU web site:

DWU ready to tackle SDSU

MITCHELL, S.D.— The Dakota Wesleyan University basketball teams gear up for a tough competition when they take on South Dakota State University Thursday in Frost Arena at Brookings.

The DWU women enter the game riding a 12 game winning streak and a No. 1 ranking in the NAIA Division II polls. SDSU is looking to end a two-game losing streak and begin to make a push toward another North Central Conference championship. The game begins at 6 p.m.

The Tigers are led by senior Amanda Williams, Alexandria, who has had the best season of her career. She is 8.9 points per game, but gives the team an edge in her distribution of the ball and on the defense. She has 79 assists on the season compared to 39 turnovers. Williams also has 44 steals this season for a career total of 274, which is a new school record. The record was previously held by Ronda Morgan (1991-95), who finished her career with 253 steals.

Victoria Drefs, Armour, and Randi Morgan, Mitchell, continue to lead the Tigers in scoring and rebounding. Drefs is averaging 17.4 points and 6.3 rebounds a game, while Morgan averages 15.4 points and a team-high of 10.3 rebounds per outing. Morgan continues to work her way back into shape after missing three games and a large part of two others because of an injury.

The Tigers are one of the top three-point shooting teams in the country, connecting on 45 percent of their attempts. Abbey DeWolf, Burke, and Jenny Bridge, Alexandria, lead the team. Bridge has hit 31 attempts and is shooting more than 57 percent from behind the three-point line. DeWolf is shooting 46 percent and has hit 26 threes.



Could be interesting.  The Rabbits on a little skid, and the Tigers ranked #1 in NAIA D-II.  Still the Rabbits should get back on the winning track.

Go State!

[89rabbit]

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Another story from the Mitchell paper:

http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/Main...ArticleID=8658

Thursday, December 18, 2003

High ranked teams to clash today in Brookings

By KORRIE WENZEL, The Daily Republic


Dakota Wesleyan is on the road tonight to face South Dakota State University in a game that is more than a simple non-conference women’s basketball matchup.

Tonight’s game features the No. 1-ranked team in NAIA Division II against the No. 6-ranked team in NCAA Division II, a very rare clash between top-caliber teams in different divisions.


Game time is 6 p.m. at Frost Arena in Brookings. The DWU men’s team meets SDSU in the late game, at 8 p.m.


Wesleyan, No. 1 in NAIA II, comes into the game on a 12-game win streak and is 12-0 overall. South Dakota State is on a two-game losing streak and is 7-2 overall. The Jacks were ranked No. 1 in NCAA II, but fell to No. 6 in this week’s poll.


Wesleyan coach Kevin Lein said the game gives Wesleyan an opportunity to find out exactly how the Tigers match up against one of the best teams the country has to offer.


“They beat us pretty bad last year, so we’d like to go up there and measure ourselves against the best in the country and see if we live up to all the billing we’ve been getting,” Lein said. “This will be the biggest challenge we’ve had so far.”


When the teams met last year at Brookings, SDSU won 90-46. At the end of the season, the Jackrabbits won the NCAA Division II championship. Dakota Wesleyan advanced to the NAIA II title game, finishing second.


Tonight’s game is odd for Wesleyan in a couple of ways.


First, the Tigers may be the underdog - which doesn’t happen much for a team ranked No. 1 in the nation. And second, the game is, of course, a non-conference matchup, which means the Tigers’ standing in the Great Plains Athletic Conference won’t be jeopardized if SDSU wins.


“It’s nothing to lose because it doesn’t mean much (in the GPAC),” Lein said. “But at the same time, basketball players like to measure against the competition and this is the best they can play against.”


Although tonight is a non-conference game, Wesleyan has several players among the leaders in the GPAC this week, including senior guard Amanda Williams, who recently broke the DWU career steals record.


Williams has 44 on the season for a career total of 274, according to statistics compiled by the school, and broke the record of 253 steals, set by Ronda Morgan, who played from 1991 to 1995. Williams is second so far this season in the GPAC in steals, averaging 3.67 per game.


Williams also has 79 assists on the season compared to 39 turnovers, which is the third-best ratio in the conference. And her 6.58 steals per game average also is third in the league.


Also for Wesleyan, Victoria Drefs is fifth in the league in scoring (17.4 points per game), eighth in field-goal percentage (.571), eighth in blocked shots (.92 per game) and 10th in defensive rebounds (4.33 per game).


Wesleyan’s Randi Morgan also is ranked among the Top 10 in several statistical categories in the GPAC, including: second in rebounding (8.6 per game), fourth in blocked shots (1.18 per game) and second in defensive rebounding (6.36 per game). She also averages 15 points a game.


Other Wesleyan players among the Top 10 in the GPAC include Jenny Bridge, who is No. 1 in the league in 3-point shooting (.57 percent) and fourth in 3-pointers per game (2.58); and Abbey DeWolf, who is No. 3 in 3-point shooting (.456) and eighth in 3-pointers per game (2.17).


Wesleyan leads the conference in team 3-point shooting (.452).


Morningside is 6-0 and Wesleyan is 5-0 in the 13-team league standings. Concordia is 5-1, while Hastings is 3-1.

[89rabbit]

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The Women roll, SDSU 89 DWU 65!

[89rabbit]

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Here is the Argus Story from last nights game:

Women

South Dakota State ended a two-game losing streak by handing Dakota Wesleyan its first loss of the season 89-65 Thursday night at Frost Arena.

The Jacks, ranked No. 6 in this week's NCAA Division II poll, improved to 8-2 overall while DWU, the top-ranked team in NAIA Division II, fell to 12-1.

SDSU pulled away in the final 14 minutes. After the Jacks led 41-35 at halftime, DWU kept it close in the early going of the second half, pulling within five at 51-46 on a basket by Tracy Faulhaber with 14:09 to play.

The Jacks then went on a 20-4 run, taking a 71-50 lead on a basket by Stephanie Bolden with 8:40 to play.

Shannon Schlagel recorded her 25th career double-double by leading the Jacks with 25 points and 14 rebounds. She moved into the top 10 in career rebounding at SDSU, now ninth with 665. The sophomore from Clark passed Lori Fish (662) and Laurie Kruse (663) while playing in her 82nd game at SDSU.

Freshman Megan Volgel also recorded a double-double for the Jacks with 16 points and 11 rebounds, as SDSU outrebounded DWU 55-35.

Victoria Drefs hit 12-of-18 field goal attempts and led DWU with 24 points, while Randi Morgan had 20 points and 11 rebounds.

DAKOTA WESLEYAN (12-1)

Victoria Drefs 12-18 0-0 24, Randi Morgan 8-19 4-5 20, Abbey DeWolf 2-6 2-2 8, Tracey Faulhaber 3-10 0-0 6, Amanda Williams 1-5 2-2 5, Katie Lewis 1-3 0-0 2, Jenny Bridge 0-4 0-0 0, Kara Overweg 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 27-68 8-9 65.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (8-2)

Shannon Schlagel 8-22 7-7 25, Megan Vogel 6-13 2-8 16, Brooke Dickmeyer 5-11 2-2 14, Heather Sieler 5-8 0-0 12, Christina Gilbert 2-4 3-4 7, Brenda Davis 3-9 0-1 7, Stephanie Bolden 1-1 2-2 4, Megan Otte 1-2 1-2 4, Stacie Cizek 0-3 0-1 0. Totals 31-73 17-27 89.

Halftime - SDSU 41, DWU 35. 3-point goals - DWU 3-15 (DeWolf 2-4; Williams 1-2; Faulhaber 0-2; Bridge 0-3; Overweg 0-2; Morgan 0-2), SDSU 10-25 (B. Dickmeyer 2-6; Sieler 2-5; Schlagel 2-4; Vogel 2-4; Davis 1-3; Otte 1-2; Cizek 0-1). Fouls - DWU 21, SDSU 14. Fouled out - Morgan, Williams. Rebounds - DWU 35 (Morgan11), SDSU 55 (Schlagel 14). Assists-DWU 20 (DeWolf 6), SDSU 18 (Sieler 4), Steals - DWU 10 (Drefs 4), SDSU 12 (Davis, Sieler 3). Blocked shots - DWU 8 (Morgan 4), SDSU 1 (Vogel). Turnovers - DWU 19, SDSU 18. A-1,263.

Nice to get back to our winning ways, Go State!

[89rabbit]

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The Women are back on track. Here is the story from the Argus:

SDSU women topple USF
FROM STAFF REPORTS


published: 12/20/2003

Five in double figures for SDSU

BROOKINGS - South Dakota State shot 54 percent from the field en route to a 100-71 non-conference victory over the University of Sioux Falls on Friday night at Frost Arena.

The Jackrabbits (9-2) put five players in double figures while connecting on 40 of 74 shots.

"When we don't play well, it's because we become too one-dimensional. And that's when we just shoot from the perimeter," SDSU coach Aaron Johnston said. "I thought we attacked well tonight."

The Jacks also had a 38-35 rebound advantage, holding USF to 39.7 percent shooting (23-of-58) and forcing 25 Cougar turnovers.

"State is so physical. We thought the GPAC was physical, but that doesn't even compare to this," USF coach Katie Dailey said.

"Offensively, we scored 71 points, and I'm happy with that. It's good for us to play a team like State. We learn as much from this as they do."

SDSU, which defeated Dakota Wesleyan on Thursday, is now 9-2 on the season and is idle until the Jackrabbit Holiday Classic Dec. 28-29. The Jacks had been on a two-game losing streak headed into this week's games against the in-state NAIA foes.

Shannon Schlagel led SDSU with 20 points. Megan Vogel added 17, Brooke Dickmeyer 16, Christina Gilbert 12 and Brenda Davis 10.

"I was looking for our team to play with confidence and get last weekend out of their minds," Johnston said. "I thought we played very aggressively, and that type of mentality was important to see."

The Jacks, ranked No. 6 in NCAA Division II, led just 46-34 at halftime. But they outscored USF 54-37 in the second half.

"I didn't think we played too bad the first half, but we gave them too many easy shots," Dailey said.

Lindsey Schneiderman hit 9 of 14 shots and led USF with 23 points, while Courtney Farrell added 18 and Jill Austin 12.

The Cougars, rated No. 18 in NAIA Division II, are now 6-6. Their next game is Dec. 30 at Dakota State in Madison.

SDSU played its second straight game without center Sarita DeBoer, who had her knee scoped on Monday. Johnston said the junior from Huron, who missed the majority of last season after tearing her ACL against South Dakota in January, should return soon.


Go State!

[DanceswithRabbits]

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Jacks and Johnson, named team and coach of the year by South Dakota Sports writers!

Women's Team

South Dakota State Basketball

No questions went unanswered, no rocks unturned as the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State University blazed a trail to the NCAA Division II National Championship last March, where the squad put down Northern Kentucky for SDSU's first-ever national championship.

The NCAA Division II National Champion South Dakota State women's basketball team has been selected as the 2003 college women's team of the year by the South Dakota Sportswriters Association.

"This award really demonstrates how the SDSU athletic department is committed to excellence," said head coach Aaron Johnston.

The Jacks boasted a regular-season record of 25-2, winning 19 consecutive games at one point. SDSU ended North Central Conference play with a 14-2 record, claiming a piece of the NCC championship for the first time in school history.

In the postseason, SDSU outscored its opponents by 20.6 points per game and outrebounded the opposition by 14.5 boards per game. The Jacks shot 47.7 from the floor and 76 percent from the charity stripe during the North Central Region tourney and the Elite Eight.

South Dakota State was led by seniors Karly Hegge and All-American Melissa Pater, who collected many awards throughout the year including: All-NCC, NCAA Women of the Year (SD), Daktronics All-NCC first team, Daktronics All-American first team, Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-North Central Region first team and Wells Fargo Finals All-Tournament Team.

Junior Brenda Davis and sophomore Shannon Schlagel were both named to the All-NCC squad and the NCC Central Regional All-Tournament Team while Davis was also selected as a second team Daktronics All-American.

College Women's Coach

Aaron Johnston, South Dakota State Basketball

After leading the South Dakota State women's basketball team to unprecedented success in the NCAA Division II National Championship, head coach Aaron Johnston has been named the South Dakota Sportswriters Association college women's coach of the year.

"It all comes down to great coaches make great players and great players make great coaches. Great traditions also help," Johnston said.

In the 2002-03 season, the Jackrabbits won a school record 32 games and earned a share of the North Central Conference title for the first time in school history. The Jacks also earned the right to host the NCC tournament and the North Central Region tournament, winning both to advance onto the Elite Eight in St. Joseph, Mo.

In the Elite Eight, SDSU defeated Cal State Bakersfield 83-62 in its first round game and then took Bentley, Mass., to overtime in a comeback win, 69-62.

The championship game matched the Norse of Northern Kentucky against the Jackrabbits with South Dakota State winning the national championship, 65-50.

"You never know where you'll start or where you'll end up," the 29-year-old Johnston said after being asked if this was where he saw himself after college. "I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time ... was really lucky. I am humbled and honored."

In the 2001-02 season, Johnston's team advanced to the Elite Eight, losing its second-round game.

In three years, Johnston ranks third on the all-time wins list with a 79-26 overall record (.752 winning percentage) and 39-19 NCC record (.672 winning percentage). He already has won the 2003 Molten/Women's Division II Bulletin National Coach of the Year.

[DanceswithRabbits]

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Argus story from last night:

Freshman leads SDSU women
Chris Solari
Argus Leader

published: 12/30/2003

Megan Vogel pushes Jacks past SW Minn.

BROOKINGS - A South Dakota State Jackrabbit has won the last four North Central Conference Freshman of the Year awards.

Megan Vogel is making an early-season case to become the fifth.

Vogel scored 23 points and pulled in 19 rebounds Monday night to lead sixth-ranked SDSU to a 76-62 victory over Southwest Minnesota State in the Jackrabbit Holiday Classic at Frost Arena.

"I don't know if there's many freshmen who can go out there and get 23 points and 19 rebounds," Jacks coach Aaron Johnston said. "It's not like she lets rebounds come to her. She's able to go up and get them in traffic."

The 5-foot-11 guard-forward from St. Peter, Minn., helped SDSU to a big night on the offensive glass, snagging seven of the team's 19 second-chance rebounds.

"In order to play against a good team, you've got to crash the boards," said Vogel, who recorded her fourth double-double in the last six games. "If you're only getting one shot, you're going to live and die by the three. Getting to the offensive glass helped us tonight."

Not that SDSU (11-2) didn't shoot well from outside. The Jacks finished their non-conference schedule by tying a school record with 15 3-point baskets, making for a bizarre stat sheet - they shot 44.1 percent from behind the arc and just 34.3 percent overall.

"Last night (against Bemidji State) was the same way. Right now, we just can't make a shot from inside the 3-point line, and sometimes that happens," Johnston said. "There were some times last year when that happened, but the difference for us is that we still rebound the ball pretty well."

In the first half, the Jackrabbits shot a paltry 28.2 percent. However, buoyed by seven of their 3-pointers and 10 points off 11 Southwest turnovers, SDSU led 34-25.

Much of that came from the Jacks' ferocious assault on the boards, turning 12 offensive rebounds into 13 points.

"That was probably what hurt us the most, their offensive rebounding" said Mustangs senior guard Michelle Bruns, a Hecla native who led her team with 22 points and nine rebounds.

In the final period, SDSU took control by finding its shooting touch, hitting 13 of 31 attempts. Not surprisingly, a barrage of 3-pointers helped.

Senior Brenda Davis hit three 3s as the Jacks' first six baskets of the second half came from behind the arc. Vogel, who finished 5-of-9 from 3-point range, hit two of those on back-to-back possessions.

Southwest (7-4) kept things close by switching back and forth between a 1-2-2 zone and player-to-player defense.

Bruns and Brandon Valley grad Mary Roddell combined for 22 points in the final half, but the Mustangs got no closer than 10 points in the final 10 minutes.

Junior Shannon Schlagel scored 18 for the Jacks, and Davis and sophomore Heather Sieler each added 11. All three of them are former NCC Freshmen of the Year.

SDSU gets a break to prepare for its conference opener against rival South Dakota on Jan. 9. In that game, the Jackrabbits will face their fourth former Freshman of the Year in Mandy Koupal, the Coyote senior who transferred to USD after playing her first year with SDSU.

"This is a good way to go into the conference season," Vogel said. "It gives us a little confidence, and it shows us some things that we need to work on."

[89rabbit]

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Here is the latest stroy from the Argus:

http://www.argusleader.com/sports/Sa...article7.shtml

No. 6 SDSU woment roll
From Staff Reports


published: 1/17/2004

Balanced attack carries Jacks past Minnesota State

The South Dakota State Jackrabbit women, ranked sixth in NCAA Division II, won their seventh straight game by beating Minnesota State-Mankato 82-61 in Mankato. Minnesota State sprinted to a 10-1 lead to start the game, but the Jacks caught up at 10-10, took their first lead at 15-13 on a basket by Stephanie Bolden, and grabbed the lead for good on a three-point play by Shannon Schlagel that made it 20-18. SDSU (14-2, 3-0 North Central Conference) led 41-29 before going into halftime with a 41-34 lead. MSUM (6-10, 0-3) pulled within 46-40, but the Jacks went on a 9-0 run to take a 55-40 lead on a pair of free throws by Schlagel with 12:56 to play. The margin stayed in double figures the rest of the way, SDSU put five players in double figures and Brenda Davis became the all-time Jackrabbit leader in 3-point baskets. Schlagel led the Jacks with 15 points while Brooke Dickmeyer and Stacie Cizek had 14 points each. Davis and Sarita DeBoer scored 12 points each. Davis had three 3-pointers, giving her 214 for her career, one more than the previous record holder Sherri Brende. Davis also has seven assists. SDSU had a 42-24 rebounding advantage as freshman Megan Vogel led the Jacks with six. Hannah Stolba hit 6-of-8 field-goal attempts and led MSU with 21 points.

[89rabbit]

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Women lost, SCSU 77 - SDSU 67, not a good weekend for SDSU basketball.  The women have the ND schools coming up next weekend.  

[89rabbit]

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Jackrabbits show why they are the defending NCAA National Champions as SDSU beat #2 North Dakota 85-78! Way to go Jacks! ;D

Go State!

[89rabbit]

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SDSU women fight past No. 2 North Dakota
Chris Solari
csolari@argusleader.com

published: 1/24/2004

Jackrabbits move into three-way tie for NCC lead; physical game had 54 fouls

BROOKINGS - South Dakota State and University of North Dakota women's basketball players should have a tough time taking that first step out of bed this morning.

Continuing their three-year, bang-and-bruise quest to be crowned queens of the North Central Conference, the eighth-ranked Jackrabbits engaged the second-ranked Sioux in a typically-physical, 54-foul marathon at Frost Arena. SDSU trailed just once in the game's early stages, but the Jacks were aided by 24 turnovers and poor free-throw shooting by UND to score an 85-78 victory Friday night.

"For us, it was very important," said SDSU coach Aaron Johnston, whose team used a 16-7 run to close the first half that provided an advantage that stayed in double digits most of the final period.

"For North Dakota, I'm sure they look it as a big game, too. But for us, I think we tried to make it more important. We put a lot of focus on it."

The win puts the reigning Division II national champion Jackrabbits (15-3, 4-1 NCC) in a three-way tie atop the league standings with the Sioux (16-2, 4-1) and North Dakota State. It's also critical in the regional rankings for SDSU, which is third to first-place UND.

"That was a blast. We beat the best team in the conference," said Jackrabbit freshman Megan Vogel, who finished with 16 points, eight rebounds, five assists and four steals. "They're a very good team, obviously. They're fast, they're big, they've got some really good players. But we got some pressure on them, played our game and came out all right."

SDSU allowed the Sioux to connect on nearly 53 percent of their shots, many uncontested layups due to the Jacks' foul trouble and depleted bench. Both guard Stephanie Bolden (flu) and center Christina Gilbert (knee), each typically defensive catalysts, sat in street clothes.

Though both teams tried to dodge the referees' whistles in this defensive brawl, UND couldn't make the most of their repeated trips to the charity stripe. The Sioux missed 15 free throws (20-of-35), while the Jackrabbits nailed 78.1 percent of their tries (25 of 32).

"We're not going to win a game letting a team score 85 points," said UND senior Marisa Leighton, who led the Sioux with 27 points but committed eight of her team's turnovers.

Shannon Schlagel and Sarita DeBoer provided the Jackrabbits with the offensive post presence to counter Leighton and sophomore Kristi Boese, who added 21 for UND.

Schlagel, about the only SDSU player without repeated marks in the foul column, scored 13 of her team high 22 points in the first half. Then, as both squads watched the fouls pile up, DeBoer dropped in 10 of her 16 points early in the second before joining the group on the bench with her fourth infraction.

"As physical as a game is between SDSU and North Dakota, they're always battles," Johnston said. "You don't get a lot of easy shots or a lot of easy rebounds. It seemed like everything was contested and everything was physical, and that wears on you."

In all, six SDSU players finished with four or more fouls. Four for UND had the same, with starting post players Boese and Cara Demaine each fouling out.

Sophomore Heather Sieler added 10 points for the Jackrabbits, who were outrebounded 42-37.

The Sioux had won seven straight.

Now comes another tough assignment for SDSU: hosting 13th-ranked NDSU - another tall bunch with a deep roster - tonight at Frost with zero rest and Gilbert likely out until next weekend. Bolden should return tonight.

"You've got to put together weekends. You can't just put together a Friday night and not a Saturday night," Vogel said. "(NDSU) is going to come after us just as much. We just need to get some ÔR and R' tonight and come out strong."

[iasomebison]

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Bison women win 76-67 for the first time in 6 years at Frost!!