SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The North Dakota State women's basketball team fell to the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, 71-58, in the quarterfinals of The Summit League Women's Basketball Championship on Sunday, March 8, at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls.

With the loss, NDSU finishes the 2014-15 season at 11-18 overall, while Oral Roberts improves to 16-14 on the season and advances to a semifinal contest on Monday, March 9, against South Dakota State.

Senior Brooke LeMar led all scorers in the contest, netting 29 points on 11-for-25 shooting. LeMar surpassed 1,000 points at North Dakota State in the game after she converted a layup with 14:58 to go in the first-half. The Canyon Country, Calif., native finishes her two-year Bison career with 1,018 points.

Junior Marena Whittle paced the Bison in rebounding with a team-high 12 boards, while senior Liz Keena added 11 rebounds.

The Bison struggled shooting the basketball in the contest, going just 23-for-66 from the field for 35 percent and 4-of-12 from three-point range for 33 percent.

Oral Roberts was led by redshirt-senior center Vicky McIntyre, who scored 18 points and pulled down a game-high 19 rebounds for her 24^th double-double of the season.

The Golden Eagles shot 41 percent from the field, making 25 of 61 shots. ORU outrebounded the Bison, 51-38, and outscored NDSU in the paint, 36-22.

After the two teams traded leads the first 13 minutes of the opening half, Oral Roberts used an 8-0 run to gain a 14-9 lead after a jumper from McIntyre with 11:58 to go in the stanza. The Golden Eagles went into halftime with a 37-26 lead.

The Bison clawed back within 42-33 after a layup from LeMar, but ORU went on an 11-5 spurt to gain a 53-38 edge with 12:14 remaining in the half. North Dakota State could get no closer than 12 the remainder of the game.