{"id":429101,"date":"2026-01-22T03:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429101\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T03:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:29:20","slug":"brandenstein-scores-17-for-womens-basketball-in-road-loss-to-saint-marys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429101\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandenstein scores 17 for women’s basketball in road loss to Saint Mary’s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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WINONA, Minn. \u2013 Junior Joy Brandenstein<\/a> matched her season high with 17 points in the St. Olaf College women’s basketball team’s 81-44 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) road loss to Saint Mary’s University on Wednesday night at David R. Thies Arena.<\/p>\n

Brandenstein shot 6-for-11 from the field and 4-for-5 at the free-throw line for St. Olaf (5-11, 0-9 MIAC), which was plagued by foul trouble and turnovers in the loss to Saint Mary’s (13-4, 7-2 MIAC). The Cardinals, who started the night in a five-way tie for second in the MIAC but were coming off a loss to eighth-place St. Catherine University, shot 54.7 percent (29-for-53) from the field in the win.<\/p>\n

Brandenstein’s 17-point performance matched her output from Jan. 3 against Carleton College and was one point shy of her career high of 18 set at Central College on Nov. 8, 2024. First year Erin Schauer<\/a> was the only other Ole in double figures with 10 points on 4-for-5 from the field. Junior Bree Wilkerson<\/a> and sophomore Elise Hahn<\/a> added nine and seven points, respectively, as Brandenstein, Schauer, Wilkerson, and Hahn accounted for 43 of the Oles’ 45 points.<\/p>\n

Hahn, Wilkerson, and sophomore Grace Gertner<\/a> battled foul trouble throughout the night, with Hahn fouling out with 2:51 to go in the third quarter and Gertner and Wilkerson fouling out with over five minutes to go in the fourth. Saint Mary’s got to the free-throw line 27 times on the night but made just 15-of-27 (55.6 percent) of its attempts from the charity stripe.<\/p>\n

Ayla Olson led four Cardinals in double figures with 21 points on 7-for-9 from the field and 5-for-8 at the free-throw line. Brianna Nusbaum and Rylie Sternquist totaled 16 points apiece for the hosts, who scored 42 points in the paint, 32 points off turnovers and 23 second-chance points off 19 offensive rebounds.<\/p>\n

St. Olaf opened the scoring on a layup by Hahn 1:02 in before going scoreless for nearly eight minutes during a 13-0 Saint Mary’s run. Brandenstein snapped the drought with a three-point play, but the Cardinals used a 10-0 advantage in points off turnovers and a 7-0 advantage in second-chance points to take a 16-7 lead into the second. Saint Mary’s forced nine turnovers and grabbed second offensive rebounds in the quarter.<\/p>\n

Two layups by Hahn in the first minute of the second quarter kept St. Olaf within seven, but the Cardinals went on a 9-0 run shortly thereafter to open up a 29-13 lead and led by at least 13 the rest of the game. Olson scored 12 second-quarter points to held Saint Mary’s push its lead to 36-20 at the break after the Cardinals hit seven of their last eight field goals of the half.<\/p>\n

St. Olaf will return home to face Hamline University in a 1 p.m. tip-off on Saturday, Jan. 24 at Skoglund Center.

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