ABERDEEN, S.D. -- Northern State University enforce the game plan of playing from the inside out Saturday night, dominating the paint on its way to an 87-59 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference win over the Bemidji State University women's basketball team at the Barnett Center in Aberdeen, S.D. The Wolves out rebounded BSU 46-33, out numbering the Beavers' second-chance points, 20-2 and increasing its shooting percentage while holding Bemidji State's post players virtually silent.

The duet of Nancy McConkey (Jr., F, Superior, Wis.) and Stephanie Peterson (So., C, Bismarck, N.D.) had combined for and average of over 32 points and 20 rebounds in NSIC this season was held to just 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Northern State was led by Noelle Hall who netted game-highs of 20 points and 11 rebounds while Celia Westphal added 16 points.

Bemidji State generated the bulk of its scoring from some unlikely sources. The pair of Katherine Bremmer (Jr., G, Granite Falls, Minn.) and Bridget Smith (Fr., G, Burnsville, Minn.) each posted career-highs as Bremmer notched 10 points while Smith led the Beavers from beyond the arc hitting 4-of-6 for a team-high 12 points. Both players logged season-highs for minutes play in a game. Maggie Gernbacher (Jr., G, Bloomington, Minn.) got back in the scoring column after failing to record a point in each of the previous two games as she collected nine in the loss.

McConkey paced the Beavers on the glass corralling eight rebounds. Colleen Boell's (Fr., G, Burnsville, Minn.) six assists not only tied her for a game-high, they were also good for her career-best.

The Wolves got on the scoreboard first taking a six-point (6-0) lead before BSU would find the bottom of the net for the first time. But by the 13:51 mark off the first half, BSU had climbed back into the game using a 7-2 run to knot the game at 12-12.

The Wolves stretched their lead to 11 (25-14) during the following 5:17 rattling off 13 of the next 15 points and would go on to go up by as many at 17 before taking a 41-23 lead into the halftime break.

The Wolves's Sara Jensen hit a three just 23 seconds into the half to give NSU a 17-point margin and that was as close as the Beavers would get as NSU outscored BSU 46-32 in the final 20 minutes using a 20-9 string late to break the game wide open, taking its largest lead of the contest, 85-54, with 2:35 to go.

NSU would roll to the 87-59 win, improving to 3-1 in NSIC play and 11-3 overall while BSU falls to 7-9 on the season and 1-3 in the league.

The Beavers' loss to Northern State extends its longest current losing streak to any opponent to 17. The Beavers are now 6-36 all-time versus the Wolves.

The Beavers return to the BSU Gymnasium next weekend for their NSIC home opener versus Southwest Minnesota State University and former head coach Mike Power. The following night the Beavers host Wayne State College. Both games are slated for 6 p.m. tip-offs.