The Dawson CC Women's basketball team stifled the MCC Pioneer offense holding the Pioneers to only 32 field goal attempts enroute to a 78-37 MonDak Conference victory on Sunday afternoon in Glendive. Miles scored the first basket of the game and Dawson never trailed after that enroute to the 41 point victory. The Pioneers scored only 12 points in the 2nd half on only 2 field goals. 

Olivia Williams (Minneapolis, MN) led the scoring attack for the Buccaneers with 14 points (6-12 FG, 2-5 3's) and added 6 rebounds as well. Evan Kingston (Ely, NV) added 12 points (4-9 FG, 2-5 3's, 2-2 FT) and Samantha Jenkins (Wellington, New Zealand) came off the bench to score 11 points (4-14 FG, 2-8 3's, 1-2 FT). Hailee Brandon (Big Timber, MT) led the Bucs in rebounds with 8.

The Pioneers saw Citlalli Gurrola (San Diego, CA) come off the bench to score 10 points (3-9 FG, 3-7 3's, 1-2 FT) and Angelina Dimasi also scored 10 points (1-6 FG, 8-9 FT). Catalina de Giorgi had 6 rebounds to lead the Pioneers. 

Inside the Box Score

• The Pioneers hit a mere 8-32 FG (25%) on the game and Dawson shot 31-79 (39%). 6 of the 8 Pioneer field goals were 3-pointers (6-15) and Dawson was 9-28 (32%)
• The Pioneers took a little advantage of FT's hitting 15-19 (79%) compared to 7-13 (54%) for the Bucs.
• The Bucs held a 38-26 advantage on the boards that included 18 offensive rebounds. The Pioneers had only 1 offensive board. 
• The Pioneers accounted for 39 turnovers. Dawson only 14.

The Pioneers will play at home for the first time since late November on Wednesday night when they host Dakota College at Bottineau in a conference game at the MCC Centra. The Pioneers are now 3-16 overall and 1-9 in conference play. Dawson is 6-4 in MonDak play and 12-6 overall.