Bears Stay Undefeated at Bank of Colorado Arena

Tuesday, December 28

Greeley, Colo.

6 p.m. MT

University of Northern Colorado

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Kansas Wesleyan University

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Kan. Wesleyan

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Photo by: Dean Popejoy

12/28/2021 8:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

UNC women's basketball defeated Kansas Wesleyan 82-54 Tuesday Night

By: By Ryan Pfeifer, UNCBears.com

GREELEY, Colo. – Returning to the court for the first time in nine days and in front of their home crowd in over a month, Northern Colorado women's basketball took care of business beating Kansas Wesleyan 82-54.

The Bears dominated from the jump leading for 38:45 of the game and never trailing.

Northern Colorado started the game a little slow, but Allie Downing drained three straight threes near the end of the first quarter to get the teaming rolling. The Bears led 25-9 after the first 10 minutes.
Downing led the Bears with 15 points all coming from behind the line.

She's heating up!@allie_downing17 | #GetUpGreeley🐻🏀 pic.twitter.com/dhRKmcZNd8
— UNC Bears WBB (@UNC_BearsWBB) December 29, 2021

Kurstyn Harden dominated inside for the Bears scoring 14 points and grabbing 12 rebounds for her first career double-double. She scored 12 of her 14 points in the middle quarters. Harden grabbed seven offensive rebounds helping Northern Colorado outrebound KWU 52-27.

Got the and-one!@kurstyn_harden | #GetUpGreeley🐻🏀 pic.twitter.com/3G8pPvGGgF
— UNC Bears WBB (@UNC_BearsWBB) December 29, 2021

What They Said

Stat of the Game
Ball movement was a key to UNC's success with a season-high 23 assists Tuesday night. All 11 players that saw the court recorded at least one assist. Zoe Campbell led the team with a career-best five.

Game Notes
- Downing extended her streak of games making a three to six games.
- Harden's double-double was the first of her career. The 12 rebounds are a career-best.
- Micayla Isenbart and Callie Boyles joined Downing and Harden scoring in double figures with 12 and 13, respectively.
- Jaiden Galloway recorded a career-high five steals. The Bears had 12 as a team.
- The 82 points scored are the most this season by UNC.
- Northern Colorado is now 3-0 at home and has a seven-game win streak inside Bank of Colorado Arena dating back to the 2020-21 season.

What's Ahead
Northern Colorado will be back after the new year, picking up Big Sky Conference action when Southern Utah comes to town on January 1. Tickets can be purchased at UNCBears.com/Tickets.

The Bears have also added a game to their schedule. UNC will host Northern New Mexico on Sunday, January 2 at 2 pm.

To stay up to date on all things UNC Women's basketball, visit UNCBears.com, follow the team on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and download the new UNC Athletics app by clicking here.