After seven games, this team has experienced a bit of everything.

A high-drama, right-to-end exhibition victory over the University of Minnesota. Yes, the Golden Gophers of the Big Ten.

A win over another NCAA Division I school in the University of South Dakota, also an exhibition.

An impressive 37-point victory over crosstown rival Saint Mary's University to open the regular season.

Exactly where to rank the Winona State University women's basketball team's 66-33 rout of Clarke College Tuesday night is hard to say.

Why?

Because Clarke (1-6) played a wide-open game where it shot quickly, often, and poorly (11-for-47, 23 percent). Because WSU was in too much of a hurry to shoot in the first half, and didn't look like the highly-polished team it had been in its first six games.

"It is really just about playing your game and not letting the way the other team's playing defense, or the way they are going to try and stop you, affect the way you are going to execute your offense," said WSU senior forward Bonnie Bjorke, who had two points, five rebounds and four blocked shots.

"It is more about just staying focused. It's about us focusing on us and doing what we know we can do."

WSU (3-1) has shown it is capable of doing some very good things. It did more of the same in Tuesday's nonconference game, especially in the second half.

Ana Wurtz, the Warriors' leading scorer, wasn't her highly explosive self, but she did turn in a double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds). Sophomore guard Afton Glander, junior forward Natalie Gigler and freshman guard Claire Steffen each added nine points.

The Warriors, who never trailed and built a 20-5 lead eight minutes into the game, were too quick to shoot in the first half, Glander said.

"At halftime we talked about how we weren't making the extra pass and how we were not shooting well," said Glander of WSU's 28 percent first-half shooting.

"We are not used to teams letting us have all of those shots. We thought we were open instead of realizing we needed to run the offense and make the extra pass."

WSU coach Scott Ballard said he emphasized that in a firm tone at the half. Despite a 34-17 lead at the break, the Warriors were sloppy at times.

It changed in the second half.

"We did four things well," Ballard said. "We rebounded well, we held them to 23 percent shooting, we shot free throws well (17 of 21) and we got to play everybody."

Casey Breitbach led Clarke College with 12 points. She was the only Crusader to reach double figures.