DICKINSON - For the second day in a row, the Dickinson State women's basketball team (4-6) was unable to keep up with a sharp-shooting Rocky Mountain College (4-3) team as they fell, 79-48, on Saturday afternoon. The Battlin' Bears outshot the Blue Hawks 50 percent to 34 percent for the game and made ten three-pointers to run away from DSU in a rematch from Friday.

After RMC started the game on an 8-0 run, back-to-back threes by Heather LaBree and Jenna Jacobson brought the Blue Hawks back to within two points early. Samantha Oase scored a minute later to keep the deficit at two, but a 10-4 Bears run put the visitors up 20-12 after one quarter. Rocky Mountain continued to dominate the boards for a second straight day, outrebounding the Blue Hawks 14-5 in the opening ten minutes.

The second quarter saw the Bears extend their lead all the way to 20 points as they shot 9-17, and held Dickinson State to just 3-10, from the field. The second half saw a stronger effort from Dickinson State, especially on the glass, as they were only outrebounded by two (18-16) and shot 7-15 in the fourth quarter. 

McKenzie Johnson led all Blue Hawk scorers with eight points, while Oase led the team in rebounds with seven. Lindsay Peterson scored seven points on 3-6 shooting and Kayden Steele added six points off the bench. 

WHATS NEXT

The Blue Hawks will head to Minot, N.D. to take on NCAA Division II Minot State in an exhibition contest on Tuesday, November 29.