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RENO, Nevada — Heaven Hamling scored a career-high 39 points and North Dakota State defeated Nevada 73-68 on Sunday to wrap up play in the Nugget Classic at the Lawlor Events Center.
Hamling hit 11 of 19 shots from the floor, including 7 of 12 shooting from 3-point range. She also was 10 of 10 from the free throw line and grabbed six rebounds and had three steals.
Hamling's 39 points rank as the program's third-most all-time and marked her second career 30-point performance. Hamling also surpassed 1,000 career points and has 1,013.
Elle Evans also scored in double figures for a third-straight game, finishing with 10 points, four rebounds and a pair of assists. Abby Schulte scored two points but had a career-high six assists and she pulled down six rebounds.
NDSU shot 40 percent (22 of 55) from the field, was 12 of 29 from 3-point range and made 17 of 21 free throws (81 percent). In addition to Hamling, Evans also was perfect from the foul line, hitting all four of her attempts.
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The Bison never trailed in the game and started fast, taking an 18-8 lead after Hamling knocked down a triple with 39 seconds to play in the first quarter. NDSU then built its largest lead of the game, 24-10, when Hamling hit a jumper with 7:57 to play in the half.
The Wolf Pack trimmed the Bison lead to 30-27 at the intermission, but NDSU scored the first five points of the third quarter on Abby Graham's 3-pointer and two free throws from Hamling. The Bison led 40-33 with 4:04 left in the third.
The Wolf Pack made one final surge in the fourth quarter, cutting the NDSU lead to 59-57 on an Alyssa Jimenez jumper. The Bison responded with an 8-0 run to stretch their lead to 10 points at 67-57.
Hamling and Evans were both named to the Nugget Classic All-Tournament Team.
The Bison are 6-0 overall after winning both their Classic games. The play next at Eastern Michigan at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1.
