Broncos Upset No. 9 Northwestern 76-63
Hastings - The Hastings College women's basketball team has been close to pulling off a few upsets this season and it seemed as if it was only a matter of time before it happened. Well the Broncos picked up a career day from Laural Zwiener and the upset of No. 9 Northwestern 76-63 on Saturday at Lynn Farrell Arena.
Zwiener finished the day with a double-double, a career high 22 points and 10 boards. She hit 7-9 from the field and was 8-11 from the charity stripe.
Early on Hastings fell behind 13-2 and as things looked a bit bleak, Tanasia Uhrig ran off five straight points to get the Broncos going. She would finish the night with 15 points. Brittney Wong also added 16 points.
The Broncos began to pull away in the second half in part to shooting nearly 57 percent from the floor with a lot of the credit going to Zwiener.
Hastings also forced the issue as Northwestern would finish the day with 26 turnovers to just 15 for Hastings.
The Red Raiders were led by Kendra De Jong as she finished with 16 points. This is Hastings' first win over a top 25 opponent this season
With the win, Hastings improves to 12-12 (7-7) overall and will look to improve on this mark as the Broncos will play host to Midland Wednesday night with tip-off set for 6:00 p.m. at Lynn Farrell Arena.
