Women's Basketball Picks up Win at Dixie State

Wednesday, November 24

St. George, UT

8:00 PM

Kansas City

4-1,0-0Summit League

Dixie State

2-3,0-0WAC

Kansas City

Dixie St.

Photo by: Visually Breanna

Women's Basketball Picks up Win at Dixie State

11/24/2021 10:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Naomie Alnatas led Kansas City in their third wire-to-wire victory of the season

ST. GEORGE, Utah - Kansas City Women's Basketball had little trouble moving past Dixie State in its first-ever meeting with the Trailblazers, winning a 76-62 decision in Burns Arena this evening. Naomie Alnatas led the Roos with a complete game, scoring 18 points, pulling down five boards, dishing four assists and taking away three steals.

FINAL | Coming away with a road dub ??#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/qCj5kMFMEu
— Kansas City Women's Basketball (@KCRoos_WBB) November 25, 2021

KEY MOMENTS

1Q / 7-0 | The Roos scored on their first three possessions of the game with buckets by Brooklyn McDavid, Alnatas and Paige Bradford, holding Dixie State scoreless for the first 2:59.
1Q / 18-13 | After DSU cut the Roo lead down to three, Alnatas found Dani Winslow for an easy bucket around the rim.
2Q / 28-17 | Following an Alnatas steal, Bradford scored her second bucket of the day to give Kansas City its first double-digit lead.
2Q / 38-26 | KC ended the first half on a 6-2 run, capped by a Mandy Willems triple, to enter the half up by a dozen.

2Q | @mandywillems3 makes those ??#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/xkVTr065Tq
— Kansas City Women's Basketball (@KCRoos_WBB) November 25, 2021

3Q / 44-26 | Bradford and Willems both hit triples coming out of the half to extend the Roos' lead early in the third.
3Q / 64-44 | A RaVon Nero and-one bucket with two seconds left in the quarter gave Kansas City its first 20-point lead of the game entering the fourth quarter.
4Q / 70-49 | Bradford found a cutting McDavid along the baseline for a bucket at the rim, putting the Roos ahead by 21.
4Q / 76-60 | Winslow came away with a steal, finding Kiara Bradley ahead of the pack for KC's final field goal of the night.

STATS TO NOTE

The Roos made a season-high 28 field goals on the night, including a season-high tying eight three-pointers.
Kansas City committed just eight turnovers on the evening, a season-low and tying the program low in the past three seasons.
KC pulled down a season-high 46 rebounds in the game, led by 10 from Bradley. Twelve of those rebounds came on the offensive end, resulting in 11 points.
Kansas City scored the first bucket 13 seconds into the game and never trailed or allowed a tie throughout the rest of the contest.
Bradford finished in double-digits for the second-straight game, finishing with 11 points and eight boards.

COACH JACIE HOYT, QUOTED

"We were doing some uncharacteristic things offensively tonight, but I credit Dixie State's defense for that. We were a bit out of sync with our lineups, which was a necessary evil because of the way that Dixie State shoots the three at all five positions."
"Overall, I thought we did a good job of adjusting after halftime and getting back in a better rhythm and playing more to our identity."

UP NEXT
The Roos travel to Las Vegas this weekend for a pair of games at the UNLV Thanksgiving Classic. They will take on Grambling State on Saturday and UT Arlington on Sunday with both games tipping off at 4:30 p.m.