![]() ![]() I didn’t play for a whole year and I decided to come back to the game. “My college career has been full of ups and downs. ![]() “It means a lot to me for things to pay off,” she said. The victory holds a special meaning for Ranson, who experienced what she called “interesting situations” at Montana State that led her to take a year off from basketball before returning this season. So I told our kids ‘You know, we have to do what we did all year, which is hang our hat on defense and rebounding.’ That’s what we did.” “But we also knew they hadn’t seen a defense like ours all year. You know, typically in our conference, we don’t see that. “Billings’ uniqueness is their size and their ability to shoot.” Jimenez said.” They’re probably the toughest team we’ve seen like that all year in terms of having shooters on the floor that spread you out and then being able to isolate you in the post. Tameilau’s 3-point basket 18 seconds into the final period gave the Cougars a 60-50 lead before Billings rallied. The Cougars’ Camille Johnson responded with two free throws, then Gallegos converted another 3-point shot to expand the lead to 55-48 with 1:04 remaining in the quarter. but Gallegos’ one-handed runner and Ranson’s driving lay-in extended the margin to 50-44 with 2:33 left in the period.Billings used lay-ins from Shayla Montague and Boyce to close within 50-48. Boyce made a lay-in and two free throws within 31 seconds to draw the Yellowjackets within 46-44. The junior point guard scored 11 points in the quarter, with her driving lay-in with 54.1 seconds left giving San Marcos its biggest lead of the half, 39-32.īillings narrowed its deficit to two points twice in the third quarter but CSUSM repelled both surges. Ranson followed with another driving lay-in that extended the margin to 29-25 with 5:44 remaining.Īfter Nelson responded with her own lay-in, Gallegos made a pair of 3-point shots within 56 seconds to give the Cougars a 35-29 advantage with 4:01 before halftime. With the score tied at 25, the 5-foot-4 junior drove the right baseline for a lay-in that put CSUSM ahead with 6:28 left in the period. Gallegos enabled the Cougars to take control in the second quarter. Bad Bear, a member of the Crow tribe, got in foul trouble in the first half and managed just 11 points and six rebounds. Teammate Kortney Nelson added 19 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Vasquez contributed 19 points, making eight off 11 shots from the floor.īoyce led all scorers with 27 points. Gallegos scored a team-high 22 points and added six assists, four rebounds and two steals in joining Vasquez on the all-tournament team. Reilly added a career-best 12 points and tied a career high with four blocks. She really gets in there and gets rebounds, can really alter shots and make it hard for people to get their shots off.” I mean, she’s probably 6-foot-7 with her hands up. “She’s amazing,” Vasquez said about Reilly. She missed, and Reilly grabbed the rebound to ensure the victory. So that was special.”īoyce received the inbounds pass, drove toward the basket and put up an off-balance shot under intensive defensive pressure with four seconds left. I feel like I’ve shot them in the fourth quarter when things were down low, but not to win a game like that. “I don’t think I’ve shot free throws like that to win a game. So it was my time to shine right there, and I knew I had to get it done. “I’ve been in the gym a lot, and I knew that it all came down to that moment. “The main thing that was going through my head was that I just needed to trust all the work I put in to this point,” Ranson said. Ranson drove the lane, got fouled by Boyce and went to the foul line for what she called the two most important free throws of her career. With 15 seconds left, Gallegos passed the ball to Ranson - another transfer from Montana State. After CSUSM called a timeout, Mina Tameilau inbounded the ball to point guard Charity Gallegos.”The play was drawn up either for me to get to the rim or if I couldn’t get the ball, then Jordan had an (isolated path) to the rim,” Ranson said. Bad Bear, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s player of the year and a transfer from Division I Montana State, tied the score on another driving lay-in with 31.9 seconds to go. ![]()
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