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Yellowjackets cruise past Lumberjills

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Box Score

Yellowjackets 53, Northland 27
Box Score

What began as the longest road trip of the season for the Yellowjacket women's basketball team in the early morning hours of January 3 culminated on Sunday afternoon at Mertz Mortorelli Gym.  The road-weary Yellowjackets returned home to play their third game in four days, hosting the Northland College Lumberjills. 

After a slow start, the Yellowjackets found their form and pulled away from Northland, winning 53-27.

The Yellowjackets never trailed in the game, as Connie Urmanski (Edgar, Wis./Edgar) got things started with a layup right off the opening tip-off to make it 2-0.  From there the offense was slow to come from both teams, with both teams in single digit points through almost nine minutes.  Kristen Nett (Green Bay, Wis./Bay Port) laid one in to break a 9-9 tie and put the Yellowjackets in double figures.  The bucket also got the offense going and the Yellowjackets pulled away.

The Yellowjackets outscored the Lumberjills 22-7 for the remainder of the first half, paced by Carmen Watson (Milwaukee, Wis./James Madison)'s four points, and led Northland 33-16 at halftime.

Just as she did in the first half, Urmanski got the offense started again, hitting a jumper 1:14 to push the lead to 19 points.  Yellowjackets got up by 20 when Nett drained a three with 9:43 left to make it 42-22.  As the half progressed the Yellowjackets emptied the bench and scoring continued to spread out.  Dana Karlstad (Eleva, Wis./Eleva-Strum) got into the act, making the layup to push the lead to 23.  Emily Krueger (Markesan, Wis./Markesan) hit a three with 80 seconds left in the game to make it a 24-point lead, and Katelyn Adams (Two Harbors, Minn./Two Harbors) got into the act, making a layup with four seconds left to close out the scoring for the Yellowjackets and give them the victory.

The Yellowjackets shot 48.3% from the field in the first half and dropped off to 33.3% in the second, but it wasn't noticeable as the Lumberjills struggled mightily after the break, hitting just three shots and going 14.3% from the field. 

Urmanski paced the Yellowjackets with nine points, while Sally Linzmeier (Valders, Wis./Valders) and Kailee McDonald (Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti) had eight points each.  In total 11 Yellowjackets scored in the game.

Nett, who had seven points, led the Yellowjackets with five rebounds.  Linzmeier, Urmanski and Allie Nelson (Augusta, Wis./Augusta) each had two assists to lead the team.  Watson and Vanessa Lebens (Roseville, Minn./Roseville Area) each had a block for the Yellowjackets, while Urmanski led with five steals.

Sara Hoge led the Lumberjills, scoring a game high ten points.

Milestone Update: Urmanski now has 1,019 points in her career, good for seventh on the all-time scoring list.  Next up on the chart is Hailey Hart (Osseo, Wis./Osseo-Fairchild) (2008-12), who sits sixth with 1,057 points.  Urmanski has 240 assists, which is third all-time and 23 behind Kati Galovich (2001-05) on the list.  Her 174 three pointers and .859 free throw percentage are already school records.  Finally, in her next game Urmanski will reach the top ten in all-time games played with 92.

The Yellowjackets (12-3, 4-2 WIAC) return to action on Saturday, January 12 when they host UW-Whitewater at Mertz Mortorelli Gym beginning at 3:00 p.m. 
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