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(UND Athletics) YPSILANTI, Mich. — The University of North Dakota women’s basketball team defeated Eastern Michigan, 79-73, on Sunday afternoon at the George Gervin GameAbove Center in Ypsilanti, Mich.
UND (5-3) has now won three straight games dating back to last weekend, captured its first road victory of the season and handed Eastern Michigan (5-1) its first loss of the year.
Kacie Borowicz put together another sparkling performance, notching another 30-point game. The senior tallied 34 points on 10-of-19 shooting to just miss her career best, previously set this season, by a single point. The Roseau, Minn., native also finished with seven rebounds, five assists and a steal in 38 minutes of action to finish as the team’s leading scorer for the eighth straight game.
Claire Orth also reached double figures for the Fighting Hawks, matching her season-best with 16 points on 7-of-13 from the field while grabbing five boards in 38 minutes of play. Juliet Gordon was the final visitor with at least 10 points, scoring 10 and grabbing eight rebounds to just miss her second double-double of the season.
Joli Daninger led a stout defensive effort for the green and white, pacing the team with nine rebounds and three steals. The DePaul transfer was held to only four points, but all of them came in the final minutes of the contest to help the Fighting Hawks capture the victory.
In game that saw 12 lead changes and 10 ties, North Dakota trailed for a majority of the third quarter until a bucket from Nakiyah Hurst gave the Hawks a 57-55 advantage late in the stanza, but a 5-2 run by the Eagles put the hosts in front by just one, 60-59, after 30 minutes.
Borowicz helped put the Hawks back in the lead midway through the fourth, knocking down a jumper to make it 65-64 before collecting a defensive rebound and finding Orth for a basket on the ensuing possession to extend the advantage to 67-64 with six minutes to play.
After a pair of free throws from Daninger kept the visitors up by three, 71-68, EMU eventually tied the game at 71 with just over a minute to go, but Borowicz connected on a jumper from a Gordon assist to restore the lead for good. Borowicz then hit six straight at the charity stripe to polish off the 79-73 victory.
North Dakota returns home to battle former Big Sky Conference foe Weber State next Saturday from the Betty Englestad Sioux Center at 1 p.m.
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