BOZEMAN, Mont. - For the first time this season, the Southern Utah women's basketball team dropped their second-consecutive game, falling to Montana State 91-65.

Madelyn Eaton was the leading scorer for the Thunderbirds with 13 points. Rebecca Cardenas and Harley Hansen each scored 12 points and Jessica Chatman was the leading rebounder with seven.

The T-Birds were held to just 36.7 percent shooting while the Bobcats shot 55.9 percent. The Bobcats also scored 23 points off of turnovers while SUU had just seven.

Montana State opened the game with a 16-0 run over the first five minutes of play. They forced the Thunderbirds into three turnovers during that time and held them to 0-for-6 shooting. The T-Birds were able to stop the bleeding and by halftime had closed the gap to just nine points, going into the break down 41-32.

Things only got worse for the Lady T-Birds in the second half as the Bobcats outscored them 27-17 in the third quarter and 23-16 in the fourth.

Southern Utah is now 7-5 overall and 1-2 in Big Sky play.

The Thunderbirds will be back in action on Thursday January 9 against Idaho State.

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