HAWKS DROP CONTEST TO NO. 15 TROJANS AT HOME SATURDAY

NORFOLK, Neb. – The Northeast Community College women's basketball team hosted No. 15 North Iowa Area Community College Saturday afternoon at the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk. The Hawks fell in the showdown by a final score of 80-72.

Northeast (9-2, 2-1 ICCAC) led by as many as 11 in the matchup, but the Trojans were able to pull away late in the fourth quarter. Aaliyah Jones (Pine Ridge, S.D.) was the leading scorer for the Hawks as her 23 points and 14 from both Mia Wiederin (Norfolk, Neb.) and Clara Garrote (Salamanca, Spain) kept Northeast right with the nationally ranked NIACC squad throughout the entire contest. Northeast was aggressive defensively throughout the entire ballgame as they forced the Trojans in 21 turnovers compared to just 12 of their own.

STAT SHEET:

Aaliyah Jones (Pine Ridge, S.D.): 23 PTS, 9 REB. 4 AST, 5 STL

Mia Wiederin (Norfolk, Neb.): 14, 6 REB, 3 AST, STL

Clara Garrote (Salamanca, Spain): 14 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Women's Basketball Coach Matt Svehla on the loss to the nationally-ranked Trojans:

"We were up and down today," Svehla said. "We trailed by 14 points in the second quarter and we led by 11 points in the third quarter. The game went down to the wire, and we just did not make the plays down the stretch on either end of the court."

Svehla on the week ahead:

"We will need to clean some things up as we play a good Ellsworth team Wednesday," Svehla said.

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will travel to Ellsworth Community College for a duel at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Iowa Falls, Iowa.

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