The Daily Dispatch

Playing in the Northeast Community College Basketball Classic in Norfolk, Neb., the North Dakota State College of Science women's basketball team came home with a split.

The Lady Wildcats lost on Friday to the host team, Northeast CC 93-51.

The Hawks led the whole way and had a 17-point lead at the half.

NECC came out in the second half and outscored NDSCS by 45-20.

The Wildcats were paced by Porsha Zimmerman, who had 11 points in the effort.

Brittany Mayclin added eight, and Dawnelle Askelson and Cristin Hasse each had seven.

"Northeast is much improved from when we played them earlier," Coach Paulette Stein said. "They just played at such a high level. They shot the ball well and rebounded well. We were never able to get on track."

On Saturday, the Wildcats rebounded to defeat the Southeast Community College Storm, 83-64.

In that game, the Wildcats jumped out to a 9-0 lead in a fast-paced first half. Dawnelle Askelson, Brittany Mayclin and Cristin Hasse each hit three-point shots early on.

Leading 24-9, the Wildcats had to hold off a charge by the Storm. Getting to within 11 points, the Storm allowed the Wildcats' Megan Groen to hit another three-point shot just before the half ended, and the Wildcats led 40-26.

Coach Stein said, "I think we took out our frustrations on Southeast, after our game on Friday. This time it was our turn to shoot well and we got off to such a great start and we didn't look back."

In the second half, The Lady Wildcats kept building on their lead. At one point, the Wildcats were ahead 73-47.

Southeast CC made a run at the end, but didn't have enough to hold off the Lady Wildcats.

For the game, Brittany Mayclin and Sarah Stahlke each had 15 points. Dawnelle Askelson and Hannah Wennas each added 10 points for NDSCS.

The Wildcats return home on Monday when they host the Concordia (Moorhead, Minn.) College JV.

The "Cats For Kids" will perform at half time of the game.

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