Bradley BRAD 3-3

North Dakota St. NDSU 3-4

Bradley BRAD

3-3

Final

Dec. 04, 2021

North Dakota St. NDSU

3-4

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Bradley BRAD	22	21	13	16	72
North Dakota St. NDSU	16	22	19	26	83

Box Score

Bradley Women Go Cold at North Dakota State

Gabi Haack scored 22 points, but the Braves could not maintain their early momentum Friday night

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 12/4/2021 10:31:00 PM | Bobby Parker, Sr. Associate AD for Communications and Event & Facility Operations

FARGO, ND – Bradley fifth-year senior guard Gabi Haack scored a team-high 22 points to lead four Braves in double-figures, but the visitors could not maintain their early momentum as host North Dakota State (3-4) earned an 83-72 non-conference women's basketball victory Saturday night at Scheels Center.

Sophomore forward Daija Powell added 17 points and matched Haack with seven rebounds, while senior guard Tatum Koenig scored a season-best 13 points and sophomore forward Isis Fitch added a career-best 11 points off the bench to pace Bradley's offensive attack. North Dakota State countered with a game-high 24 points and 10 rebounds from Ryan Cobbins and a second double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds from Emily Dietz. The Bison also got 15 points from Heaven Hamling and 14 from Kadie Deaton.

HALFTIME | BU 43, NDSU 38

Daija Powell has been on a mission down low and has supported Gabi Haack's game-high 16 points with 12 of her own.

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After taking a 22-16 lead into the first quarter intermission, Bradley (3-3) built its advantage to a game-high 15 points, 33-18, by outscoring the Bison 11-2 in the first 2:44 of the second quarter. The Braves still led by 15, 38-23, after Haack drained one of her four 3-pointers with 4:52 left in the first half, but the Bison immediately answered with a Katie Hildebrand triple 16 seconds later, sparking what would prove to be a 15-5 surge to end the half.

Fighting foul trouble the whole night and playing without its second-leading scorer, freshman guard Caroline Waite (14.0 ppg) due to a non-COVID illness, Bradley was never able to regain its momentum in the second half.

After a Haack jumper forged a 59-59 tie with 9:12 left in the game, North Dakota State got a pair of buckets in an 8-0 burst that put North Dakota State out front for good.

Bradley shot 17-33 (.515) from the field in the first half, including 5-of-11 (.455) from 3-point range, but the Braves cooled off in the second half by making just 9-of-28 (.321) field goal attempts and 1-of-8 (.125) tries from beyond the arc. North Dakota State withstood a 4-for-13 (.307) shooting effort in the first quarter by making 26-of-46 (.565) over the final 30 minutes, including 9-of-14 (.643) from beyond the arc.

Bradley will continue what has become a six-game stretch of games away from home by playing a fourth consecutive road game Monday night at South Dakota.

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