St. Francis (Ill.) Uses Perimeter shooting to beat Rocky in the Naia -Woman tournament

Sioux Center, Iowa-Rocky Mountain College bowed from the Naia women's basketball tournament on Friday with a defeat of 89-79 against St. Francis (Ill.) In a game in the first round in the Dewitt Gymnasium.

The ninth Battlin bear shot 43.1% and made 12 3 points, but it wasn't enough to fight the hot shooting of the fighting saints.

The St. Francis' Le'lani Harris stuck 31 points at 12 out of 23 shots to stop by their team in a game with a high number of points.

The bears brought four players in a double -digit rating, led by Paige Wasson's 20 points and six 3. Sydney Dethman had 19 points and six rebounds, while Graceee scored 13 points and added five rebounds and eight assists.

The eighth St. Francis received 13 points, six rebounds and seven assists from Tykara Harrison, while Sime added 12 points and seven rebounds. St. Francis shot 48.4% and made a total of 15 3 points.

Rocky, who won the regular title of the Frontier Conference, ended his season with a record of 20: 11 St. Francis, now 25-7, will go into the second round with the chance to go to the last location of the tournament in Sioux City, Iowa.