MAYVILLE – The Valley City State women's basketball team couldn't keep up with a hot-shooting Mayville team Saturday, dropping a 91-54 road game to the Comets.

Mayville sank 18 3's in Saturday's game – including six from Erin Walcker – en route to the home win. Mayville improves to 14-4 on the season and 6-1 in conference play. The Vikings drop to 11-9 overall and 4-3 at the halfway point of conference play.

The Comets used a 14-0 run in the first quarter to build an early 23-11 lead. From there, VCSU started to come back, scoring the next 12 points to tie the score at 23-23 early in the second quarter.

Mayville answered with its largest quarter of the day, sinking seven 3's and scoring 30 points in the second period to lead 53-30 at halftime. The Vikings couldn't come back down the stretch, falling to the Comets on the road.

Ashlyn Diemert dropped 15 points Saturday and Adriana Torres chipped in 13 points off the bench. Diemert and Allie Critchley each dished a team-best three assists in the game.

Diemert, Torres, Critchley, and Meredith Dumas grabbed five rebounds apiece as the Vikings held a 42-36 rebounding edge, including a 15-4 edge on the offensive glass.

VCSU shot 33 percent from the field (21-64), 22 percent from 3-point range (4-18) and 38 percent on free throws (8-21). Mayville shot 51 percent (30-59), 50 percent on 3's (18-36) and 72 percent from the free throw line (13-18).

Mayville totaled 23 assists and 11 steals Saturday while VCSU finished with 12 assists and four steals. The Vikings committed 21 turnovers to Mayville's 15.

Erin Walcker led all scorers with 21 points and six 3's for Mayville. Jes Mertens added 17 points and five 3's while Kayla Rocholl scored 12 points on four 3-pointers Saturday. Mackenzie Hughes and Cj Decker tallied seven assists apiece and Jordan Zrust led Mayville's rebounding effort with nine.

UP NEXT: VCSU returns home next Friday and Saturday to kick off the second half of the conference season against Mayville and Presentation. The VCSU women's basketball team hosts its Alumni Weekend Jan. 27-29.