Box Score DULUTH, Minn. (Romano Gymnasium) -- Sophomore center Rachael Heittola recorded her sixth double-double of the season as Bemidji State University women's basketball fell to (RV) the University of Minnesota Duluth, 76-54, on Thursday night in Duluth, Minn. The Beavers fall to 13-11 overall and 11-9 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference as the Bulldogs improve to 20-4 and 18-2 in the NSIC.
Senior guard Brooklyn Bachmann led all Beavers with 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the field with four steals and three rebounds. Heittola finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds for her 12th career double-double.
Senior guard Sydney Zerr opened the game with the first of her two 3-pointers for a quick, 3-0, lead for the Beavers. UMD answered with a 19-2 run, limiting BSU to 1-of-10 shooting from the field with three turnovers until 2:29 left in the first quarter. The Bulldogs made 10-of-17 shots from the field over the first quarter before Zerr closed the first quarter with a layup and a 25-13 deficit.
Bachmann brought BSU back within 10 points, 25-15, with the first basket of the second quarter. BSU followed to shoot 1-of-12 from the floor over the final 8:48 of the half as UMD took a 40-21 lead into halftime. The Beavers outscored the Bulldogs in the third quarter, 18-15, but UMD shot 60 percent from the floor over the fourth quarter.
Bemidji State returns home to close the regular season with senior day at 2 p.m. Saturday against No. 16 St. Cloud State University.
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Nestled in Northern Minnesota's wooded region and located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
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