FULLERTON, Calif. – The North Dakota State women's basketball team (4-7) fell at Cal State Fullerton (4-6), 86-79, on Friday night, Dec. 19. It was NDSU's third consecutive defeat.

Senior guard Brooke LeMar paced the Bison with 28 points on 10-for-20 shooting, while junior forward Holly Johnson pulled down a team-high eight rebounds and tallied 16 points. Junior guard Kahla Becken also reached double figures in the game, scoring 11 points, and had a team-best five assists.

North Dakota State shot 48 percent (30-for-63) from the field and 7-for-18 (39 percent) from beyond the arc in the game, going along with a 12-for-18 (67 percent) mark from the free-throw line.

Trailing 77-63 with 5:19 to go in the second half, North Dakota State went on an 11-2 run to trim the deficit to 79-74 after LeMar drilled a three with 2:46 remaining in the stanza. The Bison got within 83-79 after Johnson hit 1-of-2 free-throws with 29 seconds remaining, but that would be as close as they'd get the remainder of the game. 

Cal State Fullerton senior guard Chante Miles (Compton, Calif.) led all scorers in the contest, scoring 31 points on 12-for-17 shooting, to go along with a game-high eight assists.

The Titans went 32-for-56 (57 percent) from the field and 9-for-15 (60 percent) from three-point range in the contest and made 13 of 19 free-throw attempts for 68 percent. Cal State Fullerton outrebounded the Bison, 37-30.

The Bison return to action on Sunday, Dec. 21, at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Ariz. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. MT (3 p.m. CT).