MAYVILLE, NORTH DAKOTA - The Grand View women's basketball team beat Mayville State 61-57 on Wednesday night. The Vikings led by as many as 11 in the third quarter and held on after Mayville State cut a 10-point lead to two late in the fourth.
Ellie Knock scored the first basket on a jumper, and Lily Smith added another, assisted by Claire Galbraith, to make it 4-0. Mayville State went up 7-4, and Knock answered with a three-pointer assisted by Avery Moon to tie it at 7-7. She added a jumper, also assisted by Moon, for a 9-7 lead. Mayville State tied it at 9-9 at the free-throw line, and Gabby Dwanyen's jumper, assisted by Moon, made it 11-9. After Mayville State went back up 12-11, Knock hit a three-pointer assisted by Galbraith to make it 14-12. Mayville State tied it at 14-14, and Eva Solseth scored a jumper, followed by another Knock jumper. Galbraith hit a three-pointer assisted by Solseth to make it 21-14. Knock scored 12 of Grand View's 21 points in the quarter, and the Vikings led 21-15 after one.
Smith and Dwanyen kept the lead in the second quarter. Smith's jumper made it 23-18, and Dwanyen's jumper, assisted by Moon, made it 25-18. Mayville State got back within three at 25-22, and Smith hit a three-pointer assisted by Taryn Ottemann to make it 28-22. Onyimyechi Nkwogu grabbed an offensive rebound and scored on a jumper to make it 30-22, the biggest lead of the half. Mayville State outscored Grand View 8-3 the rest of the way, and Grand View led 33-30 at the break.
Mayville State had a hard time scoring in the third quarter. Ottemann scored a jumper assisted by Knock and hit a three-pointer assisted by Smith to make it 38-30. Mayville State scored once over the next four minutes. Knock added a jumper, Moon scored off a steal, and Solseth made a free throw to make it 43-32, the Vikings' largest lead of the night. Mayville State hit a three-pointer, and Galbraith answered with a jumper to make it 45-35. The Vikings went into the fourth ahead 45-37, after holding Mayville State to 7 points in the quarter.
Dwanyen's jumper made it 47-37 early in the fourth, and Moon and Addalyn Rooney scored to push the lead to 51-41. Mayville State hit back-to-back threes to cut it to 51-47, and Knock answered with a jumper assisted by Galbraith. Rooney added another jumper to make it 55-47. Mayville State hit another three to get within 55-52 with about two minutes left, and Galbraith's jumper made it 57-52. Mayville State scored five points around two Knock free throws to get within 59-57. Smith made a free throw, and Knock made another with a second left to close it out at 61-57.
GAME NOTES:
- Ellie Knock led the Vikings with 19 points on 7-13 shooting and added 8 rebounds and 2 blocks.
- Claire Galbraith and Lily Smith each scored 8 points. Galbraith added 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and Taryn Ottemann had 7 points and 7 rebounds.
- Gabby Dwanyen scored 6 points off the bench with 5 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Avery Moon had 4 assists.
- Grand View had 8 blocks to Mayville State's 1 and 12 offensive rebounds to 6.
- The Vikings had 9 turnovers to Mayville State's 13 and won points off turnovers 11-5.
- Grand View's bench scored 16 points.
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Vikings open Heart of America Athletic Conference play at Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis, Mo., on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 1:00 p.m.
