The University of Mary women's basketball team pulled away from Bismarck State 85-51 on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the 4 Bears Event Center in New Town, and the Bismarck State men fell 90-62 to No. 15 Eastern Oregon later that afternoon at the same 4 Bears Casino & Lodge Classic.
How the women's game counts depends on which school's results page you read. UMary's schedule lists the game as an exhibition, and BSC's recap notes the Marauders remain 0-0. Bismarck State, whose schedule set the tip for 1:30 p.m., lists it as a countable game, and the Mystics are 0-2 after Friday's 92-66 loss to Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), per BSC Athletics.
The Mystics led by as many as four points early and trailed just 20-16 after one quarter, per BSC's recap. A Mashae Miller 3-pointer tied it 22-22 in the second quarter before UMary answered with a 10-0 run and led 38-26 at the half. The Marauders closed the third quarter on a 17-2 run and built a lead as large as 39 points in the fourth.
Allison Undlin and Chloe Pfau scored 11 points apiece for UMary, and Emily Jaenke added nine, according to the official box score. Thirteen Marauders scored, and their bench outscored BSC's 46-10. UMary won the rebounding battle 49-31, including 18 offensive boards, and turned 21 Mystics turnovers into 23 points.
Natalie DeCoteau led Bismarck State with 16 points, two steals and two blocks. Tatem Votava had 11 points and nine rebounds, Miller scored eight and Raegan Honeyman made two 3-pointers for seven points. BSC shot 29.3% from the field but made 9 of 26 from 3-point range.
UMary also played a Friday exhibition at the event, beating Dickinson State 63-48, per goumary.com. Undlin scored 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting and went 6 for 6 at the line, and Jaenke made 5 of 7 from 3-point range for 15 points.
In the 3:15 p.m. men's game, Eastern Oregon shot 9 of 15 from 3-point range in the first half and led 47-26 at the break, per the box score posted by BSC. The Mountaineers (3-0) shot 50.8% for the game and led by as many as 36. Logan Orchard went 5 for 5 for 16 points, Eamon Monahan added 15 and Cole Hammack 12.
Johnathan Hawthorne Jr. led the Mystics off the bench with 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting. Carter Zeller had 13 points and five rebounds, and Moustapha Diomande scored nine. BSC (0-4) came in off a 77-75 loss to California Prestige on Friday, according to its schedule. Bismarck State had not posted a written recap of the Eastern Oregon game as of Sunday.
Next up: UMary opens its home schedule Monday, Nov. 9, against the University of St. Boniface at the McDowell Activity Center in Bismarck, with the men at 5:30 p.m. and the women at 7:30 p.m. The BSC men play at Minot State on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. Both Mystics teams then open Frontier Conference play at home against Dickinson State on Friday, Nov. 20, at the Bavendick Center. The women play at 5 p.m. and the men at 7 p.m.
Sources: BSC Athletics women's recap; box scores for BSC women vs. UMary, BSC men vs. Eastern Oregon and UMary women vs. Dickinson State; schedules at goumary.com (women), goumary.com (men), bscmystics.com (women), bscmystics.com (men), Eastern Oregon Athletics and Eastern Oregon's Nov. 6 recap (No. 15 ranking).
