The Lady Wildcats beat the Lady Lumberjacks, 76-68, while the Wildcats downed the Lumberjacks, 87-68.
"I couldn't be happier with the way we played this weekend," Lady Wildcats head coach Paulette Stein said. "We did struggle for parts of the game, but we found a way to win."
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Freshman guard Karis Phillips hit two free throws midway through the first half to give NDSCS a 16-14 lead.
Lady Wildcats sophomore guard Megan Groen, who led the Lady Wildcats with 23 points, hit a 3-point shot to give NDSCS a 7 point lead with five minutes remaining in the half, and the Lady Wildcats went into the break leading 37-31.
In the second half, the Lady Lumberjacks went on a 11-4 run to start the half and briefly grabbed a 42-41 lead.
NDSCS came back on a shot by Phillips after a Bottineau turnover.
The Lady Wildcats steadily built their lead. When sophomore forward Ashley Holmstrom hit a shot with 1:15 left to play, the Lady WIldcats enjoyed their largest lead of the game, 71-61, before closing out the win.
In the men's game, Bottineau jumped out to a quick 5-2 lead, in part on a 3-point shot by former Wahpeton Huskie and current Lumberjack freshman Jordan Ralph.
Ralph finished the game with 5 points.
The lead changed hands three times early in the first half before the Wildcats went on a 11-0 run.
Wildcats freshman guard Hanif Nixon-Hughes scored 5 points in the run, while sophomore forwards Terry Bembry and Aaron Morris also contributed to the run.
Nixon-Hughes and Morris each had 12 points by halftime, as the Wildcats led 47-34.
"I thought we did a good job of bouncing back after our loss in Williston (on Saturday)," Wildcats head coach Scott Schumacher said. "Bottineau is a good team and they played us tough. But I think our athleticism wore them down."
In the second half, the Wildcats opened up with a 10-4 run to extend their lead.
The Wildcats led by as many as 24 points in the second half.
NDSCS returns home Wednesday for a make-up doubleheader with the Jamestown College jv, starting at 6 p.m.
Lady Wildcats scoring:
Groen 23
Holmstrom 19
Phillips 17
Wenaas 8
Soderman 5
Hoyer 4
Wildcats scoring:
Morris 22
Nixon-Hughes 17
Bembry 17
Steward 9
Bradford 8
Brown 8
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