Women's basketball: Warriors blast Golden Rams

WILLMAR - The Ridgewater women’s basketball team jumped on Anoka-Ramsey from the opening tip and never let up, thumping the Golden Rams 93-61 on Saturday.
The Warriors scored 51 first-half points and led by 24 at the break.
Ridgewater shot 53 percent from the field and hit 10 of 18 3-point shots. The Warriors had 32 assists on their 37 buckets.
Brook Wuertz led the Warriors with 20 points, six rebounds and eight assists.
Rachel Ampe scored 17 points and had five rebounds, Sami Doering had 16 points and eight rebounds, and Datri Jensen finished with six points, eight rebounds and eight assists.
Allie Seth scored 12 points and Maddi Strandberg and Erica Melbie both went for 10 points.
Ridgewater next plays Wednesday at M State Fergus Falls.
Ridgewater 93, Anoka-Ramsey 61
Anoka-Ramsey.......................................................27 34 - 61
Ridgewater (6-6, 15-10)..........................................51 42 - 93
Anoka-Ramsey
18-53 FG; 21-28 FT; 14 fouls … Scoring: Keyana Young 5, Mataya Racek 24, Layana Wright-Ponder 5, Maya Delao 9, Hannah Norton 3, Shelby Zimmel 11, Laya Sath 4 … 3-point shots: Wright-Ponder 1, Hannah Norton 1, Zimmel 2 … Rebound leader: Racek 5 … Assist leader: DeLao 4 … Steal leader: Racek 3
Ridgewater
37-69 FG; 9-15 FT; 21 fouls … Scoring: Datri Jensen 6, Sami Doering 16, Rachel Ampe 17, Erica Melbie 10, Brooke Wuertz 20, Maddi Strandberg 10, Kellie Anderson 2, Allie Seth 12 … 3-point shots: Doering 2, Melbie 2, Wuertz 4, Strandberg 2 … Rebound leaders: Jensen 8, Doering 8 … Assist leaders: Jensen 8, Wuertz 8 … Steal leaders: Melbie 4, Wuertz 3