The Anoka-Ramsey women's basketball team overcame a sluggish first half to defeat Rochester Community and Technical College 83-73.  The win improved the Golden Rams to 4-0 in conference, and 15-3 overall.

Mikayla Homola led the offensive attack with 25 points.  Raiyne Adams scored 17 points for Anoka-Ramsey.  Charo Nickens contributed 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds.

The first quarter saw the Golden Rams get off to a rough start shooting only 8-20 from the field.  Rochester went 10-16 to take a 24-21 lead.  Alyssa Whitson paced RCTC with eight points, while Mikayla Homola scored seven points to lead Anoka-Ramsey.

Both teams struggled shooting the ball in the second quarter, as they combined to score eight field goals.  Rochester went 8-10 from the free throw line, and pushed their lead to seven with 2:30 to go.  The Yellowjackets went into the half with a 39-34 lead.

Early in the 3^rd quarter, RCTC pushed their lead to ten points on Anoka-Ramsey, 46-36.  Raiyne Adams would trim the lead with a 3-pointer and free throw to 46-40.  A jump shot by Grace Riley would push the RCTC lead back to eight, but Anoka-Ramsey would go on a 15-0 run to take a 7-point lead.  The Golden Rams would go into the 4^th with a 60-56 lead.

The 4^th quarter saw Anoka-Ramsey start on a 12-3 run to push the lead to 13 points.  Anoka-Ramsey pushed their lead to 80-63, and held off a late RCTC charge for the victory.

The Yellowjackets committed 29 turnovers, with 19 of them coming in the 2^nd half.

Mikayla Homola picked nine steals in the contest, in addition to her 25 points.  Over the past two games she has a total of 15 steals.

Charo Nickens is averaging 13 rebounds a game in conference action.

The Golden Rams return to action as they go on the road to face Western Technical College on Wednesday, January 23.