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Grand Forks ND (UND) –\u00a0After having previously faced off nearly 55 hours earlier, North Dakota and Eastern Kentucky women’s basketball team squared off once again, this time inside the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. And\u2014unfortunately for the Fighting Hawks\u2014the result was eerily similar as UND fell 87-66 on Tuesday night.

Mackenzie Hughes<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0rattled in a season-high 18 points for the Hawks, including a 6-of-7 showing at the free throw line, as\u00a0Walker Demers<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0collected a 13-rebound, 12-point double-double.\u00a0Ava Miller<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0and\u00a0Mikayla Aumer<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0each added in eight points while Hughes dished out a team-high three assists.

EKU out-shot UND from the floor but the home team yet again outrebounded its opponent by a 41-32 margin.

It was a ice-cold first quarter that proved to be lethal for North Dakota, as Eastern Kentucky opened up action with 15 unanswered points. UND’s first basket wouldn’t come until the 3:19 mark off the hands of Hughes\u2014who went on to nail another from deep under a minute later\u2014and the home team would go on to face a 26-8 gap at the end of the first.

A quick 9-2 run for the home team to start the second gave a glimpse into the fight that the Hawks would prove to show throughout the rest of the night. This quarter was more balanced in terms of scoring, as UND dropped 20 total points compared to EKU’s 30. As soon as it got down to an 11-point game, the Colonels stormed back with fiery deep-rang shooting to push it to a 29-point differential.\u00a0Kendra Harvey<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0scored the final four points of the quarter for UND, but it still remained a 56-28 deficit at the break.

North Dakota again came out strong, scoring nine points to open up the third quarter. Demers, Aumers and Hughes combined for the streak until the Colonels stopped it with 11 straight points of their own.\u00a0Skyler Volmer<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0drilled a pair of free throws and\u00a0Ava Miller<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0struck from behind the arc to get the offense rolling again.

After UND and EKU traded layups, a flagrant foul against the Colonels and double technical fouls against both squads soon sent Hughes to the line for two shots.\u00a0London Harris<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0nailed a jumper to end the period and make it a 73-47 game heading into the final quarter.

\u00a0Harris hit the next bucket of the game and was soon followed by two free throws from Demers. A later eight-point run soon made it a 15-point game, but the early damage had already been done. Despite the consistent fight and clawing effort from the Fighting Hawks, they fell 87-66.

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