SUPERIOR, Wis.: Hannah Norlin (Litchfield, Minn./Litchfield) and Eva Reinertsen (Duluth, Minn./Homeschooled) scored 19 points apiece, and Norlin pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season, as the UW-Superior women's basketball team dispatched Finlandia, 83-66, at Mertz Mortorelli Gym Monday.
 
The Yellowjackets shot 50.8 percent from the field, making 31 of their 61 attempts, scored 42 points in the paint and outrebounded the Lions, 42-30, to improve to 15-2 overall.
 
Named UMAC Player of the Week for the second time this season earlier in the day, Reinertsen added four boards and two steals, shooting 8-for-13 in just 22 minutes. 
 
Mackenzie Kmecik (Superior, Wis./Superior) scored a career-high eight points off the bench with two assists, a rebound and a steal. Emily Carpenter (St. Peter, Minn./St. Peter) had eight points of her own to go with six assists and six rebounds. Harlee Froberg scored a game-high 21 points for Finlandia, which fell to 4-15 in the loss.
 
Kmecik gave the 'Jackets their first double-figure lead at 19-8 with a layup with 1:37 left in the first quarter. After a Froberg layup on the next possession, UWS closed the period with five consecutive points, taking a 24-10 advantage into the second quarter.
 
The lead ballooned to 25 points on two occasions in the second, first on a Norlin layup with 3:12 before the half and again on a Reinertsen 3-pointer, assisted by Marissa Ruiz (Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley), for a 43-18 game at the 1:42 mark.
 
Superior led, 43-19, at the break.
 
Reinertsen picked the pocket of a Finlandia player and went coast-to-coast for a layup with 5:52 left in the third to make it a 54-23 game, which proved to be the 'Jackets' largest lead of the night.
 
The Lions made a 16-2 run down the stretch to cut it to a 15-point deficit at 75-60 with 3:10 on the clock, but it was too little, too late.

UWS hosts Minnesota Morris Saturday at 3 p.m.