UW-Superior 63, Northwestern 40

ST. PAUL, Minn. (January 10, 2018) – The Yellowjackets were out in full force once again Wednesday night, scoring 41 second-half points and beating the Northwestern Eagles. Hannah Norlin (Litchfield, Minn./Litchfield) led all scorers with 28 points.

The Yellowjackets shot the ball well yet again in the early going, opening the game on a 6-0 run with baskets from Hailey Kontny (Superior, Wis./Superior), Norlin, and Justine Larson (Stanchfield, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti). It was soon a 9-1 game after Eva Reinertsen (Duluth, Minn./Homeschooled) hit the open three, assisted by Emily Carpenter (St. Peter, Minn./St. Peter), and then 11-1 after an Amelia Leger (Andover, Minn./Andover) layup. The quarter would end with a Kontny free throw 12-5.

The second quarter was all 'Jackets, Norlin found the basket to make it 14-7, and then again with 6:04 remaining to go up 16-13, after the Eagles made a small run. These are all the points that Northwestern would find in the second, as Kontny scored six-straight points to be up 22-13 at halftime.

Norlin knocked down back-to-back free throws at 9:02 to open the second half, followed by a flurry of offensive rebounds for the 'Jackets that added two more points for Norlin at 6:51. Taylor Kane (Grand Rapids, Minn./Grand Rapids) would get her first points of the night about 50 seconds later on a layup assisted by Kontny.

Reinertsen found a spark of shots with three minutes left in the quarter, getting three straight buckets. First, she found a layup after getting the offensive rebound, and then she hit back-to-back 3-pointers for eight points in 59 seconds. Carpenter got a 3-pointer thereafter, assisted by Brittany Laehn (Gilmanton, Wis./Gilmanton), to make it 42-23. Norlin added a layup and Carpenter a free throw to end the quarter 45-23.

Jade Tucker (White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake) would get her first points of the contest in the fourth; she gained control of the offensive rebound and put it back in for two.  Norlin would keep adding bucket, stretching out the Eagles by 22 points with eight minutes remaining. Superior kept firing as Leger knocked in another 3-pointer, assisted by Kontny, at 5:35, followed by another at 4:21. Lindsey Jalivay (Eagan, Minn./Rosemount) would get the last basket of the game for Superior, hitting the three with 55 seconds on the clock.

Norlin had another double-double on the night, scoring 28 points and grabbing 10 boards; she also shot the ball well, missing only six shots. Kontny finished with 11 points, nine rebounds, and five assists on the night, while Reinertsen had nine off the bench.

The 'Jacket didn't shoot the ball particularly well, but were active on the offensive boards, grabbing 20 throughout the evening. Superior outrebounded Northwestern by 18 in total.

Superior will continue the UMAC road rush this weekend, traveling to Minneapolis to take on North Central at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13.