TRIMONT — When Mankato Loyola senior sharpshooter Lindsey Theuninck finds her offensive rhythm, points literally rain from the rafters.

Alyssa Williamson’s end-to-end runner through traffic inched the Martin County West Mavericks within one at 11-10 with 6:30 remaining in Thursday night’s Valley Conference basketball clash in Trimont.

Two and a half minutes later, however, Theuninck warmed the nets by drilling the first of four consecutive 3-pointers to trigger the visiting Crusaders’ 17-0 offensive avalanche to build a 28-12 halftime edge.

Theuninck finished with a game-best double-double performance of 29 points and 11 rebounds to complement four steals and four assists to power Class 1A, No. 5-ranked Loyola to a 57-31 league triumph over the hometown Mavericks.

“People always talk about how many points she scores, but they don’t realize how well she rebounds,” Crusader head coach Rick Theuninck said about his daughter. “Lindsey is about 65 points away from 3,000 for her (sixth-year) career, but she’s also about 30 rebounds shy of 1,000.”

Alyssa Williamson and Sierra Williamson combined with Renae Eckmann to ignite the Mavericks’ quick surge out of the second half’s starting gate to whittle their deficit to 32-20.

Maia Taylor, who pulled down nine boards to pace MCW’s 40-37 rebounding edge, spotted Eckmann for a 15-foot jumper out of the break before Alyssa Williamson netted three of her co-team-high eight points on a traditional 3-point play.

RaeAnn Dose, who tallied 19 points to go with five steals and three assists, answered with a baseline jumper for Loyola before Alyssa Williamson sank a solo free throw.

Megan Mettler garnered one of her 10 rebounds for a putback basket for the Crusaders before Sierra Williamson tallied two of her co-team-high eight points off a pinpoint pass from Hunter Wrightson.

Unfortunately for MCW, Loyola hit the hometown lineup with a dose of Theuninck and Dose during an ensuing 9-0 run to put the game out of reach at 41-20.

“We truly played well defensively during the first 12 minutes of the opening half, and forced Loyola to take some shots they didn’t like,” Maverick head coach Rodger Taylor said in reference to the Crusaders’ game-opening 0-for-8 field-goal shooting effort.

“We showed our youth and inexperience in a ‘big-game’ setting, and didn’t close out on defense and that was the difference,” Taylor added.

“Don’t worry — we’ll definitely learn a lot from the experience and be a better team for it.”

Theuninck, who will play basketball next season for South Dakota State University, connected on 9 of 19 field goals — including 5 of 9 behind the 3-point arc — to go with her all-around stellar numbers. Dose displayed her shooting skills by drilling 8 of 16 from the floor to pace her 19-point performance.

“Lindsey and RaeAnn score a lot of points for us, but they also look to get everybody involved in the game by doing all the other things like passing, playing defense and rebounding,” said Rick Theuninck.

Wrightson finished with six points for the Mavericks, while Sierra Williamson grabbed seven rebounds to go with her eight points.

Martin County West (9-4, 5-2 Valley) travels to Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial on Tuesday night.

Mankato Loyola (13-1, 7-0) hits the road to Lake Crystal tonight.

Loyola         28-29–57

MCW           12-19–31

MARTIN CO. WEST (31)

Taylor 0-5 2-2 2, Eckmann 2-3 0-0 4, S. Williamson 3-6 2-6 8, Wrightson 2-8 0-0 6, A. Williamson 3-12 2-5 8, Thiesse 0-1 0-0 0, Klima 0-1 3-4 3, Owens 0-2 0-1 0, Lange 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 10-38 9-20 31.

LOYOLA (57)

Theuninck 9-19 6-6 29, Gosch 0-6 0-0 0, Mettler 3-7 1-4 7, Haugum 0-4 0-0 0, Dose 8-16 3-5 19, Botker 0-5 0-2 0, Frutiger 1-4 0-0 2, Dehen 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-63 10-17 57.

3-pointers: Loyola 5-18 (Theuninck 5-9, Haugum 0-3, Dose 0-2, Botker 0-2, Dehen 0-2); MCW 2-13 (Wrightson 2-6, A. Williamson 0-5, Taylor 0-2). Fouled out: None. Rebounds: MCW 40 (Taylor 9, S. Williamson 7); Loyola 37 (Theuninck 11, Mettler 10). Assists: Loyola 10 (Theuninck 4, Dose 3); MCW 7 (A. Williamson 3). Steals: Loyola 13 (Dose 5, Theuninck 4); MCW 5 (Taylor 3).

Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/ Martin Luther 70, Nicollet 47 — Alexis Brummond tallied 14 points to pace a balanced scoring attack as the Jaguars coasted to a 23-point Valley Conference victory over the Raiders on Thursday night in Nicollet.

Brummond also pocketed three steals, while teammate Hannah Johanson scored 13 points. Hanna Geistfeld produced a double-double performance of 12 points and a team-best 10 rebounds.

Kenlie Pytleski neared double-double territory by scoring eight points to go with eight boards for the Jaguars, Emma Becker scored eight point, while Macy Quinn chipped in six rebounds and three steals.

The Jaguars scorched the nets on 21-for-26 free throw shooting, while making 21 of 67 field goals, including 7 of 22 from 3-point range.

Natasha Young scored a game-high 16 points to top Nicollet, while Brooke Skrien delivered 15 points.

The Raiders made 7 of 15 free throws and 18 of 67 field goals overall.

Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/ Martin Luther (14-2, 6-1 Valley) plays host to Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s at 6 p.m. Saturday in Granada.

GTML        29-41–70

NIC             13-34–47