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BASKETBALL SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 2022
Morningside University men’s and women’s basketball pays tribute to its Class of 2022 members before tip-off of both games this afternoon. A quartet featuring Madison Clayton, Tenly Hansen, Sierra Mitchell, and Taylor Rodenburgh is recognized by head coach Jamie Sale’s 2021-22 squad. Head coach Trent Miller’s team honors Trey Brown, Collin Hill, Will Hurd, Zach Imig, and Tyler Vavrina. A combined eight National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ tournament appearances, six Great Plains Athletic Conference regular-season championships, one GPAC post-season tournament title, and eight 20-or-more win campaigns are on the group’s resume.
THE SERIES Mside’s men have a 10-game win streak in tow against Midland. The run has allowed them to take a 27-20 all-time advantage. The women have captured eight of the previous 11 contests. They have a 25-6 all-time lead over the Warriors.
THE MATCH-UP As Morningside’s games continue to get bigger and bigger to close out the 2021-22 regular season and move towards the postseason, Imig is turning up the intensity. Averaging better than 12 points and seven rebounds to go along with sparkling averages of 4.5 assists and nearly four steals over the last six contests, he registered a second double-double in his previous four outings to lead the Mustangs to a 73-65 win at Dakota Wesleyan Feb. 16. His game resume included scoring six points, grabbing an offensive rebound, and dishing off an assist in the final five minutes of action at the Corn Palace, part of a 14-12 edge to lock up the decision. Imig had plenty of help from the visitor’s bench. Sophomore forward/center Ely Doble went for a single-game career-high 22 points with eight rebounds; sophomore guard Aidan Vanderloo turned in 16 points, and junior guard Trey Powers finished with 12 points. Going into the regular-season finale, Miller’s crew, sporting a 14-10 overall and 11-8 conference record, remains among the nation’s top 20 in three-point field goal accuracy. Their team 37.5 percent rate is No. 20. An 8-2 run in the final 3:44 midweek helped Mside’s women close within a game of a second successive 20-wins-or-more league campaign. It was a back-and-forth battle where neither side led by more than 11 points, and lead changes were the part of the evening’s menu, as it happened seven times in 40 minutes. The seventh and final such occurrence was the Mustangs’ way when Rodenburgh hit a lay-up with 2:34 to go in the third frame. Morningside managed to build a four-point advantage in the final span but couldn’t shake
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Morningside Women 2 4 10 11 12 14 15 23 24 25 30 33 40 44
Olivia Boudreau Sierra Mitchell Olivia Larsen Madison Clayton McKenna Sims Abbe Morten Lauren Hedlund Taylor Rodenburgh Aspen Jansa Sophia Peppers Alexis Spier Hannah Harris Sadie Roth Chloe Lofstrom Hanna Blackmore Haley Debuse Makenna DeClue Jadon Dobbins Ellie Johnston Nevaeh Morgan Alyssa Schafer
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5-9 5-7 5-6 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-7 5-9 5-8 5-11 5-7 5-8 6-0 6-0 5-7 6-0 5-4 5-4 5-7 5-10 5-8
Papillion, Neb./Papillion-LaVista Pleasant, Hill, Iowa/Southeast Polk Newell, Iowa/Newell-Fonda Sioux City, Iowa/West South Sioux City, Neb./Illinois State Hartington, Neb./Hartington-Newcastle Albion, Neb./Boone Central Hawarden, Iowa/West Sioux Wahoo, Neb./Nebraska-Kearney Exira, Iowa/Exira-Elk Horn Kimballton Gretna, Neb./Gretna Homer, Neb./Homer Sioux Falls, S.D./Harrisburg Armstrong, Iowa/North Union Holstein, Iowa/Ridge View Elkhorn, Neb. / Elkhorn Troy, Mo./Troy-Buchanan Hopkins, Mo./North Nodaway Mt. Vernon, Mo./Mt. Vernon Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf Woodbine, Iowa/Woodbine
Head coach: Jamie Sale Assistant coaches: Jill Bodammer, Denny Lokken, Jordyn Wollenburg, Bryan Alfredson, Tenly Hansen
Midland Women 0 1 3 4 10 11 12 13 20 21 22 23 24 31 32 33 34
Karlee McKinney Mikayla Duran Kara Jennings Peyton Wingert Lexi Kraft Kennedy Darner Rachel Culhane Lexi Glosser Frankie Klausen Kaley Einrem Anna Fitzgerald Emma Shepard Taylor Houska Amber Wolever Sam Shepard Asia Bryant Erin Prusa
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5-8 5-4 5-7 5-11 5-5 5-10 5-4 5-9 5-7 5-8 5-4 5-8 5-6 5-9 6-0 5-11 6-1
Tea, S.D. Caruthers, Calif. Omaha, Neb. Dakota Dunes, S.D. Omaha, Neb. Omaha, Neb. Bellevue, Neb. Fremont, Neb. Wayne, Neb. Crofton, Neb. Papillion, Neb. Fremont, Neb. Sac City, Iowa Snyder, Colo. Fremont, Neb. Omaha, Neb. Howells, Neb.
Head coach: Shawn Gilbert Assistant coaches: Kasi Stoltz, Haley Weimer
WOMEN REMAINING SCHEDULE Feb. 23
2022 GPAC Championships quarterfinal TBD
Morningside Men 00 2 3 4 5 11 12 14 20 22 23 24 30 32 33 44 45
Creighton Morisch Jack Dotzler Trey Powers Brendan Buckley Tyler Vavrina Trey Knudsen Zach Imig Will Pottebaum Joey Skoff Aidan Vanderloo Justin Sitti Collin Hill Owen Coburn Trey Brown Ely Doble Dylan Johnson Will Hurd Ethan Alfers Jalen Austin Alec Dreckman Louis Fidler Charlie Fletcher Clay Frost Quinn Frost Jay Jurgens Tyler Kriener Jarrod Nafzinger Jaxon Neubert Nathan Reed Tyson Spradling Elijah Williams
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6-9 5-10 6-5 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-6 6-10 6-7 6-5 6-7 7-0 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-8 6-5 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-2
Spirit Lake, Iowa/Spirit Lake Omaha, Neb./Roncalli Omaha, Neb./Gross Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep Abie, Neb./Aquinas Catholic Yutan, Neb./Yutan Gretna, Neb./Gretna LeMars, Iowa/LeMars Bellevue, Neb./Bellevue East Sioux City, Iowa/Uni. of Iowa Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep Jewell, Iowa/Truman State Spirit Lake, Iowa/Truman St. Gretna, Neb./Gretna Gretna, Neb./Gretna Epworth, Iowa/Western Dubuque Nemaha, Iowa/Storm Lake St. Mary’s Neola, Iowa/Tri-Center Colorado Springs, Colo./Coronado LeMars, Iowa/LeMars Bellevue, Neb./Bellevue West Omaha, Neb./Skutt Catholic Gretna, Neb./Gretna Gretna, Neb./Gretna Brandon, S.D./Brandon Valley Spirit Lake, Iowa/Spirit Lake Ashland, Neb./Ashland-Greenwood Westminster, Colo./Mountain Range Sioux City, Iowa/North Broomfield, Colo./Legacy Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington
Head coach: Trent Miller Assistant coaches: Joel Haveman, Tim Van Peursem, John Vanderloo, Trystan Cummins Graduate assistant coach: Jackson Lazzo Student coaches: Conner Hill, Zach Olson
Midland Men
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Kobe Shannon Tanner DeKock Ryan Larsen Emanuel Bryson Baxter Wirth Jake Rueschhoff Colton Uhing Rece Kissinger Kolben Barney Samuel Mailloux Colby Tichota Bo Sandquist Laurence Merritt Jack Cooper Noah Sandbothe Tyler Sandoval Brennen Yust* Michael Harding
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6-4 5-10 6-3 5-9 6-0 6-1 6-6 6-0 6-4 6-7 6-6 6-5 5-10 6-7 6-6 6-9 6-4 6-4
Head coach: Oliver Drake Assistant coaches: Cam Schuknecht, Conor Riordan
Sydney, Australia Oskaloosa, Iowa Omaha, Neb. Grovetown, Ga. Sour Lake, Texas Omaha, Neb. Elkhorn, Neb. Ashland, Neb. Colorado Springs, Colo. Pender, Neb. Yutan, Neb. Johnston, Iowa Chicago, Ill. Omaha, Neb. Council Bluffs, Iowa Omaha, Neb. Seneca, Mo. Omaha, Neb.
MEN REMAINING SCHEDULE Feb. 23
2022 GPAC Championships quarterfinal TBD
continued from page one the Tigers. With the game tied at 72-72 and less than four minutes left in regulation, the upperclasswoman duo of senior forward Sophia Peppers and junior guard McKenna Sims each posted four points down the stretch to wind up an 80-74 victory. Peppers and Sims’ contributions didn’t end there. Peppers reached 20-points-or-more territory for the second time in her last three outings with 24 to go with six rebounds, three assists, three steals, and a blocked shot. Sims aimed towards a potential triple-double for a second straight contest, tallying 17 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists. Mitchell added 16 points to Mside’s stats resume. Sophomore center Chloe Lofstrom just missed a double-double with nine points and ten rebounds to allow the Mustangs to improve to 24-4 overall and 19-2 in the conference. Sale’s team is part of the national statistical top 10 in seven categories. Leading the way is made three-point baskets, as the 10.5 per game average is third-highest. Hitting at 37.2 percent from outside the arc is one spot behind. Individual rankings are guided by Mitchell, whose 92.3 percent free throw conversion is fourth-best. The senior guard combo of Laurence Merritt and Bo Sandquist has lifted head coach Oliver Drake’s program to a winning record to date (15-14). Combining for six made threes per outing, Merritt averages 17 points, and Sandquist comes in at 16.2 points per contest. Senior guard Peyton Wingert has been on a roll for head coach Shawn Gilbert’s women’s team. She averages 17.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and better than a steal per appearance.
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