What appeared to be a close game in the first half, soon grew bigger of a difference in the second half.  Bismarck State College ran away in the fourth quarter (30-16) to defeat the Dawson Community College Lady Bucs 84-66.

The Lady Bucs won two out of the four quarters, had 15 steals and caused 26 turnovers; however, the Lady Mystics outrebounded Dawson by a large margin of 54-34.  There were 7 lead changes and 4 ties in the back and forth game.

Coach Romeo Lagmay, Jr. shared his disappointing thoughts, “It was a great game in the first half.  Our assistant coach Paige Wright did a very good job scouting Bismarck, but our team couldn’t rebound or score.  Shooting 5-36 from the 3-point range and getting outrebounded by 20 will get us nowhere.  We need more scorers besides Ashley and Ashya.  It really disappointed me today because we usually fight hard, but parts of our team gave up mentally.  We just have to keep pushing forward and hope things go our way against the upper echelon of the conference.”

Ashley Orozco scored a team high of 24 points, along with 5 assists and 4 steals.  Ashya Klopfenstein had 15 points, 9 rebounds and 5 steals.  Tamiya Francis chipped in with 11 points, 3 assists and 2 steals. 

Bismarck’s Amber Stevahn scored a game high 36 points and grabbed 7 rebounds.

Dawson will be home again to face off against North Dakota State College of Science on Wednesday at 5:30 pm.