Minnesota Duluth's Sarah Grow led a group of sharpshooters in the first half as the Bulldogs built a 15-point halftime lead and cruised to a 74-48 victory over Minot State on Friday in NSIC action at the Minot (N.D.) State Dome.
Grow was 6-for-7 and scored 12 of her 19 points in the first half, which ended with UMD (3-1 overall, 2-0 NSIC) leading 41-26. The Bulldogs shot 58.6 percent in the first half and just fell shy of 50 percent for the game while hitting 10 of 23 shots from 3-point range.
Maesyn Thiesen added 11 points off the bench for UMD, which netted 31 bench points and scored 23 points off turnovers.
Haley Hildenbrand and Kari Clements combined to score 27 points for the Beavers (5-3, 0-2), who shot 40.9 percent from the field.
