No. 15 Hastings quiets No. 5 DWU women in GPAC opener at Palace

MITCHELL — The Great Plains Athletic Conference opener was not a kind one to the Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team on Saturday afternoon. The No. 15-ranked Hastings Broncos had something to do with that but the fifth-ranked Tigers struggled on the offensive end of the floor all day, shooting 32.4% from the field in a 63-54 decision at the Corn Palace. “The lid is just on the basket right now,” DWU coach Jason Christensen said. “I looked at the paint shots and we missed 22 shots in the paint. That’s 44 points we left out there. And then we were 0-for-11 from the 3-point line and we shot 50% from the free-throw line. It’s just tough to win when you do that.” In a battle of two tough-minded nationally ranked squads, Hastings (3-0, 1-0 GPAC) was a few steps ahead of the Tigers at almost every turn. DWU was 3-for-18 shooting from the field in the first quarter, which was where DWU dropped into a 17-9 deficit.

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