Third time needs to be the charm!
MEQUON, Wis.
-- Concordia University Wisconsin lost twice to Lakeland
College this season and those painful 53-51 home and 54-50 road
defeats cost the Falcons sole possession of second place in the
Northern Athletics Conference North Division during the regular
season. Both teams finished with 13-5 in conference action, but the
Muskies earned a higher seed in the conference tournament based on
those head-to-head victories.
Now the No. 4-seeded Muskies host the No. 5 Falcons in
the NAC Tournament quarterfinals at 7 p.m.
First-year head coach Lindsay Vande Hoef has her
contingent playing physical, defensive-minded basketball as
evidenced by the fact that CUW shot only 31 percent from the floor
in the two earlier matchups and was outrebounded by their bitter
rivals in both games.
In their most recent battle, LC's size caused CUW post
players to connect on only 9-of-34 shots. CUW was a frigid 2-of-16
from beyond the arc.
The Muskies (18-7) did not have a single player reach
double figures in the Feb. 7 meeting, but nine different Muskies
scored and LC center Jessica Genke dominated the boards with 12
rebounds.
"We know each other well," said head coach Stacey
Brunner-Jones. "It's a matter of which team executes their game
plan more effectively."
