Archive for January, 2009

Alise Holst player of the week

Posted by Falcons Fan on January 4, 2009

Forward Alise Holst (Fr., Plainview, Minn., Plainview-Elgin-Millville HS) played well for the Falcons in two games last week. Host, 5-8, led the Falcons in scoring in both games. In the team’s win at St. Scholastica, she finished with a double-double scoring 21 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. She also dished out eight assists and led the Falcons in all three categories. The 21 points and eight assists are career-highs. In the game at Whitewater she scored 16 points. In the two games she was 13-32 (.406) from the field, including 2-4 (.500) from three-point range. She was a perfect 9-9 from the line for 37 points. She had 16 rebounds, nine assists, one block and four steals in 69 minutes of playing time. Holst is second on the team in scoring (10.8) and leads in rebounding (8.6). She has 21 assists, four blocks and 16 steals.

Alise Holst

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Falcons Lose WIAC Game at UWW, 66-52

Posted by Falcons Fan on January 4, 2009

The Falcon women’s basketball team lost a 66-52 WIAC game at UW-Whitewater on Saturday afternoon.

The Warhawks led 30-17 at the half. The Falcons scored the first two points of the game when Alise Holst hit a jumper with 17:50 to play. The Falcons went ahead, 7-5, with 14:40 to go when Tiffany Gregorich hit a three. But then UWW went on a 14-2 run to take a 19-9 lead with 5:18 to play.

UWW started the second half with a 7-0 run to take a 37-17 lead with 18:50 to play. The closest the Falcons could get in the second half was to within 14 points, 43-29, with 11:49 to play when Tess Lardie hit a jumper.

Holst led the Falcons in scoring with 16 points. She had four rebounds, one assist and one steal. Gregorich was the only other Falcon to score in double figures – she finished with 14. She had four rebounds and two steals. Maranda Dohrn, who scored six points, led UWRF with six rebounds.

UWRF shot 20-42 (.480) from the field, including 3-5 (.600) from behind the arc. The Falcons were 9-13 (.690) from the line. Both teams finished with 33 rebounds.

Tiffany Morton led the Warhawks with 23 points and Kelsey Hendrickson finished with 14. Heidi Sonntag led UIWW with six rebounds. UWW, now 12-1 overall and 3-1 in the WIAC, shot 23-63 (.370) from the field and 4-19 (.210) from three-point range. They were 16-20 (.800) from the line. UWW was ranked No. 5 in the latest D3Hoops.com poll.

The Falcons, now 8-4 overall and 2-2 in the WIAC, travel to UW-Stevens Point on Wednesday with action starting at 7 p.m.

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