Purdue Fort Wayne
20-9
UMKC
14-16
Mastodons Win Summit Opener, Advance to Semifinals
3/5/2011 6:01:05 PM | Women's Basketball
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Sioux Falls, SD - Behind a 19-point, eight-rebound effort from junior Stephanie Rosado, the IPFW Mastodons advanced to the semifinal round of the 2011 Summit League Tournament with a 68-53 win on Saturday afternoon.
With the win, IPFW's 20th of the 2010-11 season, the team grabs the fourth highest win total in program history. The win is also the first in any postseason game in program history, after going 0-3 in previous Summit League Tournaments, 0-1 in the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Tournament, and 0-3 in previous NCAA Tournaments.
Stephanie Rosado made 7-of-15 shots from the field, and 5-of-6 from the charity stripe, en route to her 19 points. Chelsey Jackson scored 15 points, while Jordan Zuppe added a dozen in the winning effort. Sydney Weinert finished two points shy of a double-double with eight points and a game-high 10 rebounds, as Anne Boese and Kayla Drake each scored five.
Jackson dished out a game-high five assists, with Drake, Zuppe, and Boese giving out two helpers each. Drake had two steals to lead the team, as the Mastodons forced 14 UMKC turnovers in the game.
UMKC jumped out quickly in the game with a 5-2 lead through the first two minutes of the contest before the Mastodons ran off a 7-0 run over the next five minutes to lead by six at 11-5.
The Mastodon lead remained at five at 14-9 after a Jordan Zuppe three-point basket, before UMKC, over the next four minutes, outscored IPFW 10-3 to lead by five at 22-17, its largest margin in the first half.
The teams traded baskets, with UMKC still ahead by five, before IPFW started to pull away in the half, scoring 14 straight points to lead by nine after a Weinert free throw; however, an Eilise O'Connor basket as time expired at halftime cut the deficit to seven at 33-26 heading into the locker room at halftime.
The teams went back and forth to start the second half, with the Kangaroos cutting the deficit to seven at 41-34, before Stephanie Rosado responded, scoring six straight points, and ten consecutive IPFW points, to push the second seed to a 14-point, 49-35 lead with 13:30 to play in the game.
The lead grew to as many as 16 before the Kangaroos fought back, cutting the lead to nine with 6:46 to play in the game. Zuppe snapped the 7-0 UMKC run with a three-point basket with 6:23 to play, before Boese followed with a longball of her own, and a pair of Rosado free throws pushed IPFW's advantage to 17 at 61-44, as the hosts on the scoreboard made 7-of-10 charity stripe attempts down the stretch to ice the game in the 15-point victory.
IPFW made 21-of-48 shots from the field, a percentage of .438, while hitting on 6-of-15 shots (.400 percent) from long range, and 20-of-29 (.690 percent) from the free throw line.
UMKC was paced by Eilise O'Connor who scored 16 points, as the next highest 'Roo player, LeAndrea Thomas, scored eight.
The Mastodons get a day off in the tournament, before returning to action on Monday, March 7, where the team will face off against the winner of Sunday's North Dakota State vs. South Dakota State contest.
~Dons~
