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Source: The Montana Standard, ButteOct.迷你倉 13--With barely a dozen practices under their belt, the Montana Tech women's basketball team opened its 2013-14 season Saturday night against a team with a bit more time to prepare for this planned date.Not only did MacEwan University out of Edmonton come in with seven games under its belt, the host Orediggers would wheel out a new-look team with enough cosmetic changes to the roster it would make the doctors from "Nip/Tuck" jealous they weren't given the bill.Regardless, the Tech women showed grit and just enough clutch offensive play to pull away for a 58-50 victory to get the DeAnn Craft era off to a winning start and win their first game at the HPER Complex this season."Those first wins are always memorable, but it's that group of girls I get to teach and coach every day that have fabulous attitudes and have embraced the system," Craft said. "It feels like a weight off of your shoulders."The first-game jitters out of the way,the players enjoyed a chance to play together."We did really well for coming together so quickly, it was fun, really fun," junior post Kelsey DeWit said. "It's so much to play with these girls and our chemistry is coming together as a team. This is the most fun team I've played on."Butte High graduate and junior transfer from North Idaho College Kabri Emerson scored the Orediggers' first points of the season on two free throws.Despite all the new faces and the lack of in-season legs, one thing that came across early was that the Tech team had found some rhythm with one another as the ball began to whip around the perimeter with periods of smooth play.Even though the Griffins had more playing time under their belts this fall, Tech stayed with them and the game was tied 11-11 at the 10:21 mark despite the Oredigger shooting form having not found a consistent stroke to that point.Tech built a 16-11 lead on DeWit's layup with just over nine minutes left before halftime.Then freshman and Butte High alum Hattie Thatcher found Sophia Baetz alone for a cascading three-pointer and Tech led 19-13 with eight minutes to go.The Griffins would take advantage of Tech's tiring legs as the half would down and a 12-2 run would put them up 25-21 with 3:35 before halftime, forcing Craft to call timeout.A well-run offensive set would lead to a conventional three-point play by DeWit in the post and Tech trailed 28-26 at the 1:43 mark.Mandy Machinal's trey would put Tech up 31-30 and they would head into the intermission down 34-31 on a late Bayan Kurd triple of her own.Tech came out rested and feeling the flow as they came out shooting better and thanks to some outside shooting by Machinal and post play by Emerson the Orediggers were suddenly up 45-36 with 12 minutes left to play.Tech's lead increased to 10 before MacEwan made a run to pull within 48-45. mini storage Victoria Turner triple would give the Orediggers some breathing room at 51-45 with 6:55 left in the game.Both teams chilled a bit as the game wore down but the Tech focus and intensity stayed up as they would slowly put the win in the bank.Tech held MacEwan to 23 percent shooting in the second half and forced 20 turnovers, Machinal led Tech with 14 points while Turner chipped in with 11 points. Emerson and DeWit each had nine-point, seven-rebound outputs. Thatcher played just under eight minutes and recorded two rebounds and an assist, Emerson was pleased to be back home and she also enjoyed the play of Thatcher.Tech shot 10-18 on 3-pointers."I love being home and having my family here," Emerson said. "There was a big group of them here and they are always supportive. I can't ask for anything more than to have my family here to watch me."Hattie did really well for her first college game, she was really focused," Emerson said, "She's a Thatcher, it's hard not to bring the spice with a Thatcher."Craft liked what she saw considering so much of what Tech wants to do has been left in the playbook and yet to find run on the practice floor."We challenged a few players at halftime," Craft said. "They have a few marquee kids that by design get touches and we wanted to make that more difficult. We really shut down their guards and got more deflections and that was a big part of it. We only have our half court man in right now. I would have liked to have trapped at times, but that's what the next three weeks (of practice) are for. What I found most importantly out tonight was that we are a tough team."Montana Tech 58, MacEwan University 50MACEWAN -- Kemdall Lydon 4-9 0-0 10, Bayan Kurd 3-12 0-0 9, Megan Wood 6-13 5-8 18, Paige Knull 3-6 0-0 6, Kelly Fagan 2-6 0-0 4, Amber Easthope 0-2 1-2 1, Brittani Blake 0-1 0-0 0, Taylor Zablocki 0-0 0-0 0, Alex Luber 0-0 0-0 0, Katie Burak 0-0 0-0 0, Geri Anstice 1-2 0-2 2, Kerrilynn MacLennan 0-1 0-0 0. Team totals -- 19-52 6-12 50.TECH -- Kabri Emerson 2-3 5-5 9, Kelsey DeWit 4-9 1-1 9, Victoria Turner 4-15 0-0 11, Mandy Machinal 5-10 0-0 14, Shayla Mack 3-10 0-0, Hattie Thatcher 0-1 0-0 0, Rachel Farris 0-0 0-0 0, Martha Dembek 1-2 0-0 2, Sophia Baetz 2-2 0-0 6. Team totals -- 21-52 6-6 58.Halftime -- MacEwan 34-31. 3-point field goals -- MacEwan 6-17 (Kurd 3), Tech 10-18 (Machinal 4). Rebounds -- MacEwan 32 (Kurd 8), Tech 34 (Emerson, DeWit 7). Assists -- MacEwan 8 (Lydon 4), Tech 13 (Machinal, Emerson 4). Steals -- MacEwan 6 (Lydon 3), Tech 6 (Machinal, Mack 2). Blocked Shots -- MacEwan 1, Tech 2 (DeWit 2). Personal Fouls -- MacEwan 11, Tech 11. Fouled Out -- None. Turnovers -- MacEwan 20, Tech 17.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Montana Standard (Butte, Mont.) Visit The Montana Standard (Butte, Mont.) at .mtstandard.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存