Thief River Falls, Minn. - 

The Northland women's basketball team was dominant on both ends of the court while sweeping a two-game weekend homestand Friday and Saturday. The Pioneers opened the weekend with an 85-40 win over Minnesota State Community & Technical College Spartans, and they wrapped up the weekend with a 76-35 win over St. Cloud Technical & Community College Cyclones on Saturday. 

Both games were rematches from earlier this year. The Pioneers defeated the Cyclones 55-33 in their season-opener on Nov. 10 and they defeated the Spartans 70-52 eight days later. 

The Pioneers got off to a blazing start against the Spartans Friday night. Their offense was on full display in the opening quarter, with 31 first-quarter points and an 18-point after 10 minutes were in the books. The Pioneers were strong offensively in the second quarter as well with 23 points, but the teams' defense was even more impressive after holding the Spartans to just five points. 

Trailing 54-18 at the half, the Spartans made up some ground in the third quarter with an 18-13 scoring edge, but the Pioneers regained the upper hand in the fourth quarter as they outscored the Spartans 18-4 over the final 10 minutes of the game. 

The Pioneers got scoring contributions from all nine players in uniform for Friday night's game, with Emma Osborn leading the way with 16 points, including four three-point buckets. Tiyana Schwinghammer, 15, Josie Iverson, 14, and Riley Mooney, 13 points, all finished in double figures for the Pioneers. Leading rebounders for the Pioneers were Schwinghammer with eight, and Mooney and Iverson with seven apiece. 

The Pioneers once again got off to a fast start Saturday against the Cyclones, with a 21-8 lead after one quarter of play and a 46-16 lead at the half. 

The Pioneers continued to add to their lead in the third with an 18-9 edge over the course of the 10-minute quarter, before slowing things down in the fourth. Osborn connected on 8-of-19 three-point attempts on her way to a game-high 24 points. Josie Iverson was the only other Pioneer to reach double figures with 11 points. 

Another top-five opponent on the schedule
The Pioneers travel to Minnesota West on Thursday and Friday for the Minnesota West Christmas Tournament. The Pioneers face the second-ranked Minnesota West Bluejays Thursday night, before wrapping up the two-day tournament against Dakota College at Bottineau. 

Minnesota State at Northland
December 8, 2023

40

85

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Minnesota State	13	5	18	4	40
Northland	31	23	13	18	85

Box Score

Minnesota State

PLAYER	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
STARTERS
2 - Jayna Gronewold	34	1-13	0-3	1-2	1	3	4	2	2	0	7	4	3
4 - Brooke Finken	24	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
13 - Itzel Salazar	35	2-6	1-2	3-4	0	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	8
15 - Moraes Bugbee	23	5-10	1-2	3-3	2	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	14
22 - Kiera Cox	31	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	6	6	2	2	0	0	1	2
RESERVES
5 - Madison Ballweg	11	0-1	0-1	1-2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
11 - Kaisa Jones	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
23 - Madison Foss	18	3-6	2-3	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	8
33 - Mia Blaskowski	15	2-7	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	4
TM - Team					0	0	0				2	0
TOTALS		14-48	4-14	8-11	6	17	23	10	7	2	19	11	40
		29.2%	28.6%	72.7%

Northland

PLAYER	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
STARTERS
1 - Josie Iverson	31	4-12	2-6	4-4	1	6	7	7	2	1	2	1	14
4 - Emma Osborn	25	6-13	4-10	0-0	1	2	3	1	1	1	0	0	16
5 - Tiyana Schwinghammer	27	6-12	2-6	1-1	2	6	8	3	3	2	1	2	15
12 - Shavonda Bender	22	3-5	1-2	2-2	2	2	4	2	1	0	1	2	9
23 - Riley Mooney	32	6-8	1-2	0-0	2	5	7	3	3	1	0	0	13
RESERVES
2 - Lynelle Charnoski	15	3-4	2-3	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	8
10 - Hannah Halvorson	20	2-3	1-1	0-2	3	3	6	2	1	1	1	3	5
11 - Sunny Edin	9	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	3
24 - Ashley Gereau	21	1-5	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	2	1	6	1	2
TM - Team					0	0	0				0	0
TOTALS		32-63	14-31	7-9	12	27	39	22	13	7	12	13	85
		50.8%	45.2%	77.8%

Game Information

Date/Time:	December 8, 2023 - 5:30 PM
Location:	Northland
Technical fouls:	Minnesota State-None ; Northland-None .

 

St. Cloud Tech at Northland
December 9, 2023

35

76

Final	1	2	3	4	T
St. Cloud Tech	8	8	9	10	35
Northland	21	25	18	12	76

 

St. Cloud Tech

PLAYER	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
STARTERS
4 - Lily Manning	30	2-9	1-5	0-0	1	3	4	2	0	0	2	2	5
5 - Olivia Mortenson	23	1-7	0-4	0-0	1	4	5	1	1	0	2	3	2
11 - Rylie DeMaine	38	4-13	4-12	0-2	1	11	12	2	1	0	1	3	12
21 - Jenna Boos	22	1-10	1-8	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	3	3	3
24 - Ailee Fratzke	20	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
RESERVES
1 - Teagan Piecek	9	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
2 - Josie Hiltner	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
10 - Katelyn Lindberg	17	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	2	6	1	1	0	2	0	2
12 - MyKayla Ballard	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
20 - Sarah Harris	12	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
23 - Kaitlyn Foster	13	2-6	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
TM - Team					0	0	0				3	0
TOTALS		14-58	7-37	0-2	10	24	34	8	3	0	18	12	35
		24.1%	18.9%	0%

Northland

PLAYER	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
STARTERS
1 - Josie Iverson	29	3-7	3-6	2-2	0	6	6	6	1	0	1	1	11
4 - Emma Osborn	24	8-21	8-19	0-0	0	4	4	2	0	1	1	0	24
5 - Tiyana Schwinghammer	25	2-9	1-3	0-0	2	7	9	5	2	1	1	0	5
12 - Shavonda Bender	16	3-3	0-0	0-1	3	1	4	1	2	0	2	2	6
23 - Riley Mooney	29	1-6	1-3	4-4	0	1	1	0	4	3	0	1	7
RESERVES
2 - Lynelle Charnoski	17	3-6	1-3	1-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	8
10 - Hannah Halvorson	22	3-7	0-0	0-0	5	1	6	1	1	0	0	1	6
11 - Sunny Edin	16	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	3
24 - Ashley Gereau	25	3-8	0-0	0-0	4	4	8	5	2	1	1	1	6
TM - Team					0	1	1				2	0
TOTALS		27-69	15-36	7-9	15	28	43	20	12	6	9	10	76
		39.1%	41.7%	77.8%

Game Information

Date/Time:	December 9, 2023 - 1:00 PM
Location:	Thief River Falls
Technical fouls:	St. Cloud Tech-None ; Northland-None .