Women's basketball: Arkansas State edges NDSU

By Jeff Kolpack

January 19, 2007 at 11:00 PM

North Dakota State turned in its best effort since defeating the University of Minnesota before Christmas. But it still wasn't enough Saturday night at the Bison Sports Arena.

Arkansas State took command early in the second half and held off a late Bison rally to take a 64-61 women's basketball victory.

The Bison recovered from a double-digit deficit in the second half. Brenda Slyt's three-point with 12 seconds left pulled the Bison within 63-61. Caroline Starr hit one free throw for the Lady Indians one second later. NDSU's Lisa Bue and ASU's Ali Carter eached missed two free throws, the latter with 3 seconds left.

Slyt's heave from half court hit the side of the rim and fell off.

It was NDSU's fourth loss in five games and dropped it to 7-8. Arkansas State, which leads the Sun Belt Conference West Division, improved to 14-6.

For more on the story, see tomorrow's Forum.

By Jeff Kolpack

Jeff would like to dispel the notion he was around when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, but he is on his third decade of reporting with Forum Communications. The son of a reporter and an English teacher, and the brother of a reporter, Jeff has worked at the Jamestown Sun, Bismarck Tribune and since 1990 The Forum, where he's covered North Dakota State athletics since 1995.
Jeff has covered all nine of NDSU's Division I FCS national football titles and has written three books: "Horns Up," "North Dakota Tough" and "Covid Kids." He is the radio host of "The Golf Show with Jeff Kolpack" April through August.