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Tademy Dribble vs. NDNU
Stan Plewe/Utah Tech Athletics
59
Notre Dame de Namur NDNU-WBB 1-14/0-7 PacWest
69
Winner Dixie State DX-WBB 3-10/3-4 PacWest
Notre Dame de Namur NDNU-WBB
1-14/0-7 PacWest
59
Final
69
Dixie State DX-WBB
3-10/3-4 PacWest
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Notre Dame de Namur NDNU-WBB 14 8 8 29 59
Dixie State DX-WBB 12 17 16 24 69

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | By DSU Athletics Media Relations

Storm women overcome slow start to defeat NDNU

The Dixie State women's basketball team earned its third victory of the season Thursday, outlasting NDNU 69-59 to improve to 3-10 overall and 3-4 in PacWest play.

The Storm started slowly, shooting less than 20 percent for most of the first quarter after Taylor Mann (Castle Dale, Utah/Emery) and Brianna Jessop (Hyrum, Utah/Mountain Crest) were forced to sit with two fouls each. Trailing 12-5 with 2:47 to play in the quarter, Aliya Davis (Everett, Wash./Woodcreek) and Sandria Bolden (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman) scored three points each to help DSU finish the period on a 7-2 run to pull within 14-12.

The teams traded baskets through the first three and a half minutes of the second quarter until Leslie Tademy (Phoenix, Ariz./South Mountain) picked off a NDNU pass and drove to the hoop for a layup to pull DSU within 20-18 with 4:07 remaining. Tademy's steal and score sparked a 13-2 run for Dixie State, and the Storm took a 29-22 lead into the halftime break.

Dixie State picked up where it left off in the third quarter, pushing the lead to double digits at 33-22 two minutes into the period on a Bolden jump shot.  Mann, who played just nine minutes in the first half due to foul trouble, scored four points and grabbed five rebounds in the third stanza, while Bolden added another six points to give the Storm a 45-30 lead after three quarters.

NDNU started the fourth quarter with a 7-0 run to cut the lead to 49-39 with 6:52 remaining, but Chermayne Moore (Pinole, Calif./Hercules) responded with back-to-back baskets to stop the run and push DSU back to a 53-39 lead. The teams went back and forth for the final six minutes, and the Storm wrapped up their third win of the season.

"This was a great bounce back win for us," head coach Jenny Thigpin said. "We're looking forward to having our first back-to-back home games for the year. We need to continue to sustain our defensive presence and control the tempo."

Dixie State shot 34 percent (25-of-73) from the field, 18 percent (3-of-16) from beyond the arc, and 72 percent (16-of-22) from the free throw line. Mann led four DSU players in double figures with 14 points and 10 rebounds for her ninth double-double of the season. Bolden added a career-high 13 points and four rebounds, while Tademy chipped in 12 points and Moore finished with 11 points.

The Storm host Point Loma in a PacWest grudge match on Monday at 2 p.m. Mountain Time. Fans are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to the game to receive free admission and a free t-shirt (while supplies last) as part of a food drive to support the University's Student Food Pantry. 
 
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