Northern State takes down North Dakota, 81-75 in exhibition action

(UND Athletics) GRAND FORKS – Laurie Rogers struck for 21 factors on 7-of-10 taking pictures and grabbed 13 rebounds to guide Northern State to an 81-75 victory over North Dakota in exhibition motion on Wednesday evening from the Betty Engelstad Sioux Middle in Grand Forks, N.D.

The Wolves led for practically 37 minutes of the competition, however North Dakota overcame an 11-point deficit to take the lead twice within the fourth quarter; nonetheless, NSU held off the late cost from the Preventing Hawks to return away with the victory.

Claire Orth led the best way for the hosts with 17 factors on an environment friendly 6-for-7 evening from the sector and 5-for-7 on the charity stripe. The graduate pupil additionally grabbed 5 boards and got here up with a steal in 24 minutes of motion.

Fellow graduate pupil Juliet Gordon returned to motion with a robust efficiency, posting a double-double with 12 factors, with out lacking a shot try from the sector, and 12 boards to tempo the crew.

Newcomer Nakiyah Hurst confirmed flashes of her expertise coming off the bench with 16 factors and 6 rebounds in slightly below quarter-hour. Kacie Borowicz and Sammiyah Hoskin had been the ultimate of the 5 Hawks to achieve double figures, scoring 12 and 10 factors, respectively.

It was Northern State who got here out robust offensively, connecting on six of its first 9 makes an attempt whereas holding North Dakota to only 1-for-5 with a pair of turnovers to leap out to an early 15-5 benefit simply over 4 minutes into the sport.

UND cranked up the defensive depth within the half court docket over the ultimate portion of the opening quarter, holding the Wolves with out a level for over three minutes whereas putting for seven consecutive factors to chop the deficit to only 4, 19-15, after one quarter of play.

Gordon and the Hawks saved making an attempt to push again into the sport because the second quarter wore on, with the graduate pupil scoring six factors within the opening 5 minutes of the body, however Northern State maintained its 30-25 lead with 4:30 to play within the half.

North Dakota sped it up offensively within the ultimate 4 minutes of the second half, however Northern State hit on 5 of its 13 makes an attempt from distance to carry a five-point benefit, 38-33, heading to the intermission.

Out of the halftime break, the Hawks saved up the defensive depth and began quick on offense to even the sport at 41-41 on an Orth bucket, however a fast 5-0 run by the Wolves put the guests again in entrance by 5, 46-41, halfway although the third.

The groups continued to commerce baskets because the quarter wore down, however UND discovered its contact from distance to open the fourth. Joli Daninger knocked down her second triple of the sport earlier than Hurst nailed one from straightaway to present the Hawks their first lead of the sport, 58-57, lower than a minute into the stanza.

The back-and-forth continued as the sport moved to crunch time, with North Dakota leaping again in entrance by one earlier than NSU responded once more with a run of its personal to seize the lead, 72-66, with three minutes to go.

UND lower the result in three a trio of occasions, however couldn’t get any nearer as Northern State escaped with an 81-75 victory.

North Dakota opens the common season on Monday night in opposition to Detroit Mercy at 7 p.m. from The Betty.