ORANGE CITY, IOWA - The Grand View women's basketball team fell to Dordt 108-75 on Friday at the Bultman Center in the Pizza Ranch Classic. The Vikings led by as many as 5 early in the first quarter before Dordt took control.
Eva Solseth scored the first basket of the game on a jumper and added two free throws. Lily Smith scored on a layup, and Taryn Ottemann hit a three-pointer assisted by Ellie Knock to make it 10-5. Claire Galbraith added a jumper, also assisted by Knock, for a 12-7 lead. Dordt then scored 13 straight points, including three three-pointers, to lead 20-12. Grand View answered with free throws from Smith and Knock, a fastbreak layup by Galbraith assisted by Smith, and a three-pointer by Maddy Maynes assisted by Galbraith. Smith closed the quarter with a layup assisted by Knock, but Dordt led 31-23 after one.
Solseth opened the second quarter with a layup assisted by Galbraith, but Dordt pushed the lead to 16 at 47-31. Avery Moon scored two layups off the bench, the second assisted by Knock, and Galbraith made two free throws. Addalyn Rooney added a layup assisted by Solseth and two free throws, and Smith and Maynes each made free throws late in the quarter. Dordt scored the last four points of the half and led 55-39 at the break.
Smith scored 9 points in the third quarter. She hit a three-pointer assisted by Knock, then added two jumpers, the second assisted by Knock, and a layup. Rooney scored on a jumper to make it 68-48. Dordt then scored 11 straight points to take a 79-48 lead before Smith's layup stopped the run. Solseth made two free throws, and Rooney hit a three-pointer assisted by Onyimyechi Nkwogu in the final minute. Dordt led 87-55 after three.
Grand View's reserves played most of the fourth quarter. Maynes hit a three-pointer assisted by Moon and another assisted by Rooney, and Galbraith added a jumper. Nkwogu made two free throws and scored twice in the paint, and Moon scored on a jumper and a fastbreak layup. Maynes and Sharmaine Tapling each made a free throw late. The Vikings scored 20 points in the quarter to Dordt's 21.
GAME NOTES:
- Lily Smith led the Vikings with 17 points on 6-8 shooting and 4-4 from the free-throw line.
- Maddy Maynes scored 11 points off the bench, going 3-7 from three-point range.
- Eva Solseth had 9 points, going 5-6 at the line, and Addalyn Rooney also scored 9.
- Avery Moon and Claire Galbraith each had 8 points, and Onyimyechi Nkwogu added 6 in 10 minutes.
- Ellie Knock had 6 assists and 6 rebounds.
- Grand View shot 44.4% from the field and made 21 of 27 free throws.
- The Vikings' bench scored 35 points.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Grand View falls to 1-3 on the season. The Vikings continue the Pizza Ranch Classic at Northwestern College (Iowa) in Orange City, Iowa, on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 2:00 p.m.
