The MCC Pioneer women scored the final 10 points of the contest to break away from a 52-50 lead with 2:00 to go to take a road 62-50 MonDak Conference win over Lake Region State College. Angelina Dimasi scored on a driving jump shot at the shot clock buzzer for 54-50 lead and the Pioneers used strong defense and solid free throw shooting from there to take the win. 

Catalina de Giorgi (Buenos Aires, Argentina) came off the bench with another solid perfomance scoring 11 points (4-8 FG, 3-4 FT) and hauling in a team high 9 rebounds and 2nd year guard Kelbee Denham (Malta, MT) also scored 11 points (1-4 FG, 1-3 3's, 8-8 FT) and dished out 5 assists to lead to the Pioneer victory. Gabby Flute Player (Flandreau, SD) added 10 points (3-11 FG, 1-5 3's, 3-4 FT) and 5 rebounds. 

There were 4 ties and only one lead change in the game as the Pioneers led most of the way. MCC led 18-17 after one quarter and the lead grew to 31-26 at halftime. The 3rd quarter was a dead heat and the Pioneers outscored the Royals 18-11 in the final stanza for the convincing win. 

Inside the Box Score

• The Pioneers dominated the game at the free throw line going 21-26 (81%) while Lake Region hit only 7-12 (58%). 
• Lake Region had more field goals (20-53) than Miles (18-53) but the FT line was the difference. 
• The Pioneers had only 9 turnovers and forced 14 Royal errors. 
• Rebounding was mostly even as the Pioneers held a 36-35 edge with 13 of those rebounds being offensive. The Royals had 11 offensive boards.
• MCC hit only 5-19 from 3-point line and LRSC hit 3-12. 

The Pioneers moved to 5-14 in MonDak Conference play and 7-21 overall. They will play at Bismarck State tomorrow night at 4:30 PM MST. Lake Region fell to 4-15 in MonDak play and 7-21 overall.