Women’s basketball falters on Valentine’s Day

Skylar Blankenship
Staff Writer

The women’s basketball team lost their game against Columbia-Greene Community College 76-57 this past Valentine’s Day making their overall record 15-9.

In the first quarter, the Vikings scored nine points while the Twins had 15. The next quarter the Vikings scored 17 points and the Twins added another 15. In the second half the Vikings added another 17 and 14 points in the third and fourth quarter respectively, while the Twins scored 33 and 13 points.

Forward Hayley Jones, a freshman early childhood major, had six rebounds and put 13 points on the scoreboard. Jones has a field goal percentage of 37.7 percent and a free throw percentage of 53.1 percent.

Guard Cameran Henderson, freshman individual studies major, also scored 13 points and had five rebounds. Henderon has a field goal percentage of 38.9 percent and a free throw percentage of 67.8 percent.

Guard Taylor Engster, freshman physical education major, scored 12 points and had four rebounds. Engster has a field goal percentage of 42.5 percent and a free throw percentage of 71.6 percent.

During the game, the Vikings had a field goal percentage of 34.3%, 32 rebounds, nine assists and 12 turnovers.

As for their Valentine’s Day game, the Lady Vikings have scored a total of 1708 points with an average of 71.2 points per game this season. The team also averages of about 10 steals per game, 14.6 assists per game and 2.2 steals per game.