Thursday night at the W.E. Osmon Field House in Valley City, the Valley City State University Vikings women’s basketball hosted Minot State University Beavers. The Vikings had to really fight for their 72-69 win over the Beavers.
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| Vikings take a time-out during the first half |
The Vikings led off to a slow start in the first half working out some cob webs as it was the first game of the Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC). From first glance, it would appear Minot was dominating the game under the basket, having four girls with a height of six foot or more verses the Vikings with no player above 5’10”. At one point in the half, Vikings were down 15 with a score of 12-27, but shots from Jacklyn Mitchell, Mandy Johnson, Amanda Brown, and Kristin Bearstail were able to tighten that gap to just 4 at half time with a score of 30-34.
Vikings started the second half strong with Mitchell sinking a three pointer to start it off. The Vikings tied up the score at 41 with 15 minutes 53 seconds left in the game, but the Beavers were able to stay just one step ahead of them until Mandi Bindas made the go ahead basket. This gave the Vikings that extra oomph to finish strong having only 3 minutes left in the game. Johnson extended the lead with 22 seconds left to seal the win at 72-69.
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| Vikings #42, Mandi Bindas sinks a free throw |
“It was a great game!” says Valley City State University student Margaret Wilson after the game. Amanda Brown, Senior guard for the Vikings was not only one of the top scorers for the Vikings against Minot, but also hit the 1,000 point mark in her career. “That is something to be very proud of and it was fun to be there watching during such a good game,” says Wilson.
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| Vikings look for an open player |
The crowd was restless with excitement in their seats through the teeth grinding minutes of the game. Most of them were students and faculty of VCSU, but there were many alumni and friends of Viking Basketball as well. Chad Slyter, instructor at VCSU commented about the game via email, “It was a great home opening win for VCSU, especially to come from behind the way they did. To be down 15 in the first half and come back to pull out a win in the conference opener definitely should be a confidence booster for the team.”
The Vikings improve to 5-4 with 1-0 DAC record and host Dickinson State University tomorrow, Friday, December 03, 2010 at the W.E. Osmon Field House at 5:30 PM.
Photos taken by Emma Nelson
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