The Bulldog girls basketball team continued to roll this week as they improved their record to 15-2, 8-0 with four big wins.
Becker 98, Princeton 44
Jackie Yoerg came off the bench and had an excellent game for the Bulldogs last Friday at home, tabulating a double-double (12 points, 12 rebounds). The Bulldogs jumped out quickly and built a 38-point lead by halftime, then coasted to the easy win.
Julia Bengtson scored 24 points to go with four steals and no turnovers. She was 10-for-11 shooting from the floor.
Courtney Nuest scored 20 points and had five assists. Becker shot 53% on 40-for-76 from the field. They pulled down 34 rebounds and garnered 32 assists, committing just eight turnovers to Princeton’s 34.
Lauren Bjurman led Princeton in scoring with 13 points. The Tigers fell to 10-9.
Becker scoring: Bengtson 24, Courtney Nuest 20, Adeline Kent 12, Megan Gamble 12, Yoerg 12, Ayla Brown 10, Maren Westin 5, Whitney Shug 3.
Princeton scoring: Bjurman 13, Madison James 10, Johanna Kostanshek 7, Haley Lupkes 6, Maddie Kleingartner 4, Tracy McGowan 2, Tess Jungroth 2.
Becker 80, Sartell 30
The Lady Bulldogs traveled to Sartell-St. Stephen Monday and returned home with a 50-point win.
Becker used full court pressure to gain an early lead that it never relinquished. Becker forced 27 turnovers and committed only eight. Becker outrebounded Sartell 34-26. Becker shot 48% to 36% for Sartell.
Bengtson shot 8-of-9 from the field to go with 18 points and four steals. Freshman, Maren (Marty) Westin used her sharpshooting skills to score 15 points to go with five rebounds.
Gretta Mahowald scored 17 points to the Sabres who fall to 6-11 on the season.
Becker scoring: Bengtson 18, Westin 15, Kent 14, Brown 8, Gamble 7, Courtney Nuest 6, Yoerg 4, Aly Gruenes 3, Schug 3, Dani Nuest 2.
Sartell scoring: Mahowald 17, Avery Templin 11, Libby Crandall 6, Megan Driste 2, Rylie DeMaine 2, Adyn Larson 2.
Bulldogs 89, Hornets 46
The Bulldogs rattled the Hornets early and continued their high-pressure full-court press to build a huge lead then glide to a win at home Tuesday against Big Lake.
In-bound passes by the Hornets were constantly challenged after every basket and Becker’s quickness throughout their lineup was too much to handle for the out-matched five-some from Big Lake.
Becker was led by Gamble, who rained 21 points down on the Hornets while reeling in six rebounds, three steals and notching one assist. She was 8-for-15 from the floor and 5-of-7 from the free throw line.
Also tallying double-digits were Westin (18), Bengtson (13) and Courtney Nuest (10). Kent had early foul trouble and finished with just four points but she was tenacious on defense, nabbing seven steals and five rebounds while taking the sting out of the Hornet’s best players.
Mia Huberty was Big Lake’s leading scorer with 16 points, eight rebounds, three assists and had two steals.
Becker scoring: Gamble 21, Westin 18, Bengtson 13, C. Nuest 10, Brown 9, D. Nuest 7, Yoerg 6, Kent 4, Schug 1.
Big Lake scoring: Huberty 16, Caela Tighe 10, Hailey Millam 6, Taylor Moen 5, Reagan Sternquist 4, Justena Cichy 4, Emily Steen 1.
Becker 65, C-I 46
Thursday, Becker hit the road for Cambridge-Isanti and picked up their 11th straight win.
Cambridge came into the matchup with just five losses on the year compared to Becker’s two. They sat at 7-1 in second place in the M8 Conference behind the undefeated Bulldogs.
However, the Bulldogs weren’t intimidated as they started fast and had very little problem sending the Bluejackets to their sixth loss on the year.
Becker was led by the duo of Bengtson and Kent, as each girl tallied 16 points and played great defense.
C-I was led by Mikayla Aumer, who had 15 points.
Becker continued to get good play from their starting five despite losing Alayna Lindquist to an injury last week. Gamble notched 14 points and youngster, Maren Westin had 10.
Bulldog scoring: Bengtson 16, Kent 16, Gamble 14, Westin 10, C. Nuest 9.
Bluejackets scoring: Aumer 15, Amme Sheforgen 14, Jana Swanson 12, Molly Hennen 2, Jackie Olander 2, Myranda Brooger 1.
