Box Score #17 Winona State 62 Wayne State 41

            #17 Winona State built a 24-6 first quarter lead and never looked back as the Warriors controlled Wayne State College 62-41 in Northern Sun Conference women's basketball Friday evening at McCown Gymnasium in Winona, Minnesota.  WSC falls to 13-5 and 8-5 in the NSIC while the host Warriors improve to 16-3 and 11-2 in the league.
            The Wildcats never led in the game as Winona State took a 6-0 lead in the opening 50 seconds of the contest.  Winona State took a 13-3 lead 3:30 into the game and led 24-6 after one quarter as WSC shot just 2 of 12 in the opening quarter.
            Winona State continued their dominance in the second quarter as the Warriors sank 9 of 14 shots from the field to build a commanding 40-16 lead at intermission as the Wildcats finished the first half making just 6 of 33 shots (18.2%).
            WSC made a run early in the third quarter on the Warriors and cut the 24-point deficit to 16 on a Kacie O'Connor 3-pointer with 4:58 to play in the third quarter, but Winona State ended the quarter with a 51-28 lead.
            The Wildcats held a 13-11 scoring advantage in the fourth quarter as Winona State came away with the 62-41 victory.
            Wayne State made just 15 of 59 shots in the game for a season-low 25.4 percent.  The 'Cats were 6 for 29 behind the 3-point stripe and 5 of 8 at the charity stripe.
            Haley Moore and Kacie O'Connor each scored 12 points to lead the Wildcats in scoring.
            Winona State was 27 of 56 from the field for 48.2 percent after spending much of the game over 50 percent.  The Warriors were 5 of 11 from the 3-point line and 3 for 3 at the foul stripe.
            Jenny Tuttle led four Warrior players in double digits with 15 points followed by Kayla Timmerman with 12.  Jenny Weiland (11) and Tara Roelofs (10) also hit double digits for Winona State.
            The Warriors finished with a 40-35 advantage in rebounding over Wayne State despite 11 offensive boards by the 'Cats.  Paige Ballinger grabbed a game-high nine boards for WSC while Weiland led Winona State with seven.
            Winona State held a 28-10 advantage on points in the paint over WSC.  Wayne State had one more turnover in the contest than Winona State 16-15.  Ballinger had all four of Wayne State's blocks in the contest.
            The Wildcats will be on the road again Saturday afternoon visiting Upper Iowa in a 4 p.m. NSIC contest.