The UIU women's basketball team put up a hard-fought battle against the current leaders of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference on Saturday afternoon, but the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs were able to outlast the Peacocks for a 67-57 victory in Dorman Gymnasium. Upper Iowa edged the guests 25-24 in the first and fourth quarters but allowed a couple of key runs in the second and third that aided UMD in building enough cushion for the 10-point win. With the win, the Bulldogs are now 17-5 on the season and 14-2 against NSIC opponents. Upper Iowa drops to 3-19 overall and 2-14 in the league.

The first quarter saw back and forth action with a trio of 6-0 runs to start the game. UMD got out in front with the first six points before back-to-back 3-pointers from Brooke Evenson tied the game at 6-all. The Bulldogs then countered with the third spurt to move ahead 12-6 before the quarter ended on a 6-2 UIU run capped off by a Caya Apostolou triple to put the score at 14-12 in favor of the visitors.

Minnesota Duluth scored the first basket of the second quarter before a three-point play from Jessica Musgrave and a Lexie Lodermeier layup gave Upper Iowa the lead at 17-16 with 8:22 left in the half. The Bulldogs got back out front shortly after but the Peacocks stayed within striking distance for the remainder of the half and went into the locker room down 34-29.

The Bulldogs pushed their advantage out to 13 with an 8-0 run to start the third period. The two teams then traded 15 points each with UIU's scoring fueled by 11 points from Jessica Musgrave. Seven more points from Musgrave pulled Upper Iowa within six, 57-51, with 7:03 left in the game, but the Bulldogs shut the door on the home team with a 9-6 run including a 7-0 spurt to close out the game ahead by double-digits.

• Jessica Musgrave led all scorers with a career-high 26 points on 9-of-22 shooting from the floor and 8-of-12 shooting at the line. She also hauled in a game-high 13 rebounds en route to her second career double-double, and added a block and a steal
• Brooke Evenson scored all 11 of her points in the first half thanks to a perfect 4-for-4 from the floor including two from deep

• Both teams struggled to score from distance during the contest as Minnesota Duluth was held to just two conversions in 13 attempts (15.4%) and Upper Iowa went 4-of-20 (20.0%) behind the arc. All six three-pointers came in the first half as both teams were shut out in the final 20 minutes
• The 10-point score differential is the slimmest margin between the programs since the Bulldogs topped the Peacocks by five, 70-65, on Dec. 10, 2010