Skylights split games in Hawaii

The Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team enjoyed their trip to paradise last week. But on the hardwood, things weren’t as pretty.

Last Saturday saw the Skylights fall to Cascade Conference rival Eastern Oregon 62-45. The Skylights had a slow start scoring nine points in the first quarter to Eastern’s 18. Northern took the second quarter 16-14. The Mountaineers came out after half taking the third quarter 20-8. The Skylights battled in the fourth quarter taking it by two.  

The Skylights were led by Jalen Callender and Ryley Kehr who each had nine points. Shyan Krass led the team in rebounds with seven. The Mountaineers were led by Bayley Bernnan with 14 points going 6-18 from the field. Brie Holecek added 13 points, as Beverly Slater added 10 points and 12 rebounds.

The Skylights shot a field goal percentage of 26, 36 percent from the arc, and 66 percent from the free throw line. Eastern Oregon shot 37 percentage from the field, 16 percent from the 3-point line, and 72 percent from the free throw.

Northern, however, rebounded with a huge win Sunday afternoon in Honolulu. Skylights beat Chaminade University in an Exhibition game 71-60 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Skylights had a great start outscoring the Silver Swords 24-19 in the first quarter. Chaminade University came back in the second quarter to take the lead at the buzzer going into halftime 38-37. The Skylights held Chaminade to two points in the third to take the lead and be able to win the game.

The Skylights were led by Ryley Kehr, who had 20 points and five rebounds. Jalen Callender added 17 points and five assists. Shyan Krass came off the bench with a good lift going 4-7 with 10 points and nine rebounds.

Northern leaves Hawaii with a 2-3 overall record. The Skylights return home to host Concordia of Edmonton this Saturday at 5 p.m.