BEMIDJI, Minn. - Five Dragons scored in double-figures in the Minnesota State University Moorhead women's basketball win over the Bemidji State Beavers in the NSIC opening barn-burner, 75-66. The Dragons overall record sits at 6-0 as they opened league play with a 1-0 standing.

Sophomore Angie Jetvig and senior Alison Nash-Gerlach each tallied their first double-doubles of the season. Jetvig tallied 13 points with 11 boards, whild Nash-Gerlach scored 12 and had 11 rebounds.

Freshman Kaycee Charette scored 12, while Brittany Mayclin had 10. Krista Ophiem also had 10, and scored a game-changing three pointer to put the Dragons up by five with a minute left in the second overtime period. Meghan Rettke was one point shy of hitting her third double-double of the season as she marked nine points and led the team with 12 rebounds.

The Dragons maintained the lead throughout the first half, but were never able to go up by more than five as they lead by one at halftime, 25-24.

Bemidji State took the lead four minutes into the second half and held on to it until there was 10 minutes left in the game. The Dragons went on a 10-2 run to take the lead 45-40 with 8:50 on the clock. The run was spurred by Charette, who scored the first seven of the 10 points.

BSU took the lead again at 48-47 on back-to-back three pointers by Shannon Thompson, who followed up with a layup to put her team up by three.

Alison Nash-Gerlach hit both attempts from the charity stripe in the Dragons next possession to cut the Beavers lead to one. She then stole the ball on BSU's possession and fed it Jetvig who chipped in a three to put MSUM up by two.

WIth 1:48 left in regulation, BSU's Jessie Althoff drew a foul to put her at the free-throw line, and to sit the Dragon's season leading scorer, Nash-Gerlach, for the remainder of the contest. Althoff tied the game at 54, which held as the time wound down to force the game into overtime.

Each team scored six points in the first overtime, to go into the second extra session tied at 60.

Jetvig hit a jumper from ten feet out, to put the Dragons up two, just 14 seconds into the second overtime. BSU's Colleen McKay followed with a layup to tie the game before MSUM went up by one on a free-throw by Rettke in the next possession. Rettke's second attempt from the line was rebounded by Charette, who  hit a three 20 seconds later to move the lead to four.

The lead was cut to two after the Beavers tallied two at the free-throw line, and was tied for the final time of the night with 2:09 left to play in OT number two. Rettke tallied a jumper the next time down the floor. After a missed three-point attempt by the Beavers, Opheim hit the big three to move the Dragon lead to five, forcing BSU to foul the Dragons in all the following possessions and lead to the Dragons sixth win of the season.

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