Bismarck Rallies from Behind to Defeat Dawson Women
(pictured: Brianna Bergum)
Bismarck State College snapped Dawson’s 3-game win streak by erasing a 20 point deficit and defeating the Lady Buccaneers 69-63.
Dawson was up 46-27 at halftime, but it was the Lady Mystics who finished the game strong, outscoring the Lady Bucs 19-10 and 23-7 in the 3rd and 4th quarters respectively. Bismarck outrebounded Dawson 45-32 and outscored them on bench points 28-8. Dawson did outscore Bismarck 40-32 in the paint and forced 26 turnovers, but could not buy a bucket in the last 5:53 of the 4th quarter.
A not so shocked Coach Romeo Lagmay, Jr. said, “I know Bismarck’s history, and they are a quality program. Those girls fight just as hard as we do. Our inexperience to hold a large lead was on full display tonight. Nothing was falling for us in the second half. What do you do? It’s college basketball. We won some of those, and tonight we did not. I’m confident the players will bounce back.”
Brianna Bergum led the game with 20 points, along with 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. Samantha Jenkins scored 14 points, to go along with 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and a game high 6 steals. Hailee Brandon scored 10 points, grabbed 5 rebounds, dished 2 assists and had 3 steals, but had a team high 5 turnovers. Eva Kingston collected a team high 10 rebounds.
Dawson will take a long break and return to action on the road in Billings against Rocky Mountain College JV on Monday, November 29 at 2:00 pm.
