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Aberdeen, S.D. – Northern State held the lead late in the third quarter and battled to keep the game within striking distance in the fourth, however No. 16 Minnesota Duluth proved to be too much on Saturday night as they dropped a 75-62 contest in Wachs Arena.
 
THE QUICK DETAILS
Final Score: NSU 62, UMD 75
Records: NSU 13-11 (8-10 NSIC), UMD 20-3 (17-1 NSIC)
Attendance: 2,787
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Northern State jumped out to an early 6-2 lead in the opening minute and a half behind four early points by Laurie Rogers, however Minnesota Duluth responded with a 10-2 scoring run to and maintained the advantage till the end of the period with a 19-11 lead after ten minutes
• The Bulldogs extended the lead to ten points momentarily in the opening minute of the second quarter before Northern rallied off a 7-1 scoring run sparked by a pair of baskets by Kailee Oliverson and a conventional 3-point play by Jordyn Hilgemann
• The Wolves would keep the momentum the remainder of the period as Rianna Fillipi knocked down a 3-pointer to give NSU the lead at 28-26, their first lead since the opening minutes of the game; Northern State would then enter the halftime break with a 34-33 lead
• The Wolves held a pair of 5-point leads in the third quarter, their largest lead of the game, after jumpers by Oliverson each time
• Minnesota Duluth regained the lead (49-47) with 1:05 remaining in the third quarter on a Brooke Olson 3-pointer, and despite one tie moments later the Bulldogs would not surrender the lead the remainder of the game
• Despite the Wolves fight to keep the game in single digits in the early minutes of the fourth quarter, an 8-0 scoring run by the Bulldogs mid-way through the final period proved to be too much as Duluth extended the lead to as 14 points late in the contest
• Oliverson recorded her seventh consecutive game of scoring in double figures with 16 on the night, and Fillipi notched her fourth consecutive game in double figures with 13 points
• The Wolves converted ten offensive rebounds into 18 second chance points against the Bulldogs, while also turning 11 UMD turnovers into 17 points off turnovers

 NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
Kailee Oliverson: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block
Rianna Fillipi: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal
Laurie Rogers: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal
 
UP NEXT
The Northern State women's basketball team will travel to Minnesota next weekend for a pair of north division match-ups with Bemidji State and Minnesota Crookston. The Wolves and Beavers are scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off of Friday night, while Northern and Crookston will then close out the weekend with a 5:30 p.m. tip-off on Saturday afternoon.