Lady Broncos Upset No. 10 Briar Cliff
Sioux City, IA – The Hastings College women’s basketball team pulled off the upset over NAIA No. 10 Briar Cliff 71-63 on Sunday afternoon inside the Newman Flanagen Center.
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Team Stats
Briar Cliff (IA)
| Game Statistics | Hastings | Briar Cliff (IA) |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (24-54) | (25-68) |
| Field Goal % | 44.4% | 36.8% |
| Rebounds | 40 | 28 |
| Assists | 9 | 8 |
| Turnovers | 27 | 19 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 18 | 21 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 4 | 10 |
| Pts in the Paint | 30 | 30 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 2 | 4 |
| Bench Pts | 31 | 18 |
Sioux City, IA – The Hastings College women's basketball team pulled off the upset over NAIA No. 10 Briar Cliff 71-63 on Sunday afternoon inside the Newman Flanagen Center.
The Lady Broncos struggled to hold on to the ball throughout the contest, but it was the Chargers that went ice cold down the stretch that proved to be the difference in the game.
Throughout most of the third quarter, BCU was able to keep Hastings at arm's length bouncing from a six to nine-point lead and then Briar Cliff began to cool off as Hastings began to heat up. Free throws from Alexis Tapia, Miriam Miller and Bailey Kissinger made it 46-41 with 3:22 to go in the third. Then Kissinger worked the left side of the lane getting an off-balance layup to fall to cut the deficit to just three.
The lead grew back to nine on a Kennedy Benne and one, but Hastings broke the press as Kissinger found a wide-open Lexi Kraft for three. Then the teams traded buckets followed by a layup from Miller as Tapia blocked the Konnor Sudmann layup as HC trailed 51-50 heading to the fourth.
The Lady Broncos would take its first lead since the 2:55 mark of the second quarter when Kissinger hit another tough layup at the 9:26 mark of the fourth. Benne got the lead right back for BCU with a three followed by a jumper to make it 56-52. Hastings then came down as Kraft missed a three, but Kissinger would get the steal and the layup to make it 56-54 with 7:44 to go.
Following a Charger turnover, Avila found herself wide open as she buried a corner three to put HC back on top 57-56 with 7:13 to play. Sudmann would later get a layup to fall as BCU clung to a 58-57 lead with under 4:00 to go.
After another empty possession from the Chargers, Kiernan Paulk found a wide-open Miller in the corner as she drained her second three of the game as HC was back on top 60-58 with 3:13 to go. Sudmann came back to tie it up, but Miller knocked down a jumper to put Hastings up 62-60 with 2:40 left to play.
The teams then traded empty possessions before Avila got into the lane but missed the layup, but Rachel Goodon was right there for the put back as Hastings had a bit of breathing room up 64-60 with 1:42 left to play. Benne missed a layup for HC and Kissinger returned the favor as she would make her layup as HC was now up six with 1:15 to go.
After Briar Cliff hit a three with :47 to go, Hastings called a timeout to advance the ball where Paulk would eventually get fouled. She missed the first but made the second to make it a two-possession game. BCU called a timeout to advance the ball but Miller stepped in front of the pass for the steal and it would be Avila who eventually got fouled. She made both free throws to put the game on ice as the Lady Broncos pulled off the upset 71-63.
Avila led the way with 21 points as she was 5-of-14 from the floor but a perfect 8-for-8 from the charity stripe. Miller came off the bench to score 17 points as she was 6-for-8 from the floor and 2-for-2 from downtown. Kissinger also finished with her first career double-double with 11 points on 5-of-11 shooting and 10 rebounds. Goodon added seven points and 10 boards while Kraft had six points and Tathis Arredondo finished with five points.
The Lady Broncos finished the game shooting 44.4 percent (24-for-54) while BCU shot 36.8 percent (25-for-68). Hastings went 15-for-22 from the line while Briar Cliff was 8-for-10. Hastings did commit 27 turnovers to 19 for BCU. HC dominated the boards by pulling down 40 to just 28 for the Chargers.
Hastings is now 10-10 (6-8) on the year and will be back in action Friday Feb. 2 as Dakota Wesleyan comes to town with tipoff set for 5:00 pm inside Lynn Farrell Arena.
