DENVER – The North Dakota State women's basketball team assembled a key 11-0 run with under five minutes to play to help pick up an 84-63 win at Denver on Thursday night at Hamilton Gymnasium.

With the win, the Bison extend their win streak to four games and improve to 10-7 (4-0 Summit) on the season. It marks the first time since the 2009-10 season that the Bison have started conference play 4-0 and it was also the first win for NDSU at Denver since 2016.

After NDSU entered the fourth quarter with a 56-51 edge, Denver (4-13, 1-3 Summit) chipped the deficit down to two, 58-56, following a pair of free throws from Jordan Jones at the 9:01 mark. The Bison answered to slowly stretch their lead to eight, 66-58, after Taryn Hamling provided a spark with a steal and fastbreak jumper with 4:25 to play. The Bison then rattled off a game-best 11-0 run capped off a by a layup from Abbie Draper to increase the lead to 77-60 with 1:25 to play to put the game out of reach. The Bison went on to close out the remaining time to pick up the 84-63 win.

Elle Evans led the way for NDSU logging her second double-double of the season with a game-high 22 points and game-best 10 rebounds. The Edwardsville, Ill., native shot 9-of-17 from the field and added two steals and one assist to her stat line. Heaven Hamling added in 15 points with six rebounds and two assists. She also increased her career points total to 1,459 over four seasons, which is the most in the Bison Division I era and ranks ninth all-time. Abby Schulte rounded out the group reaching double figures in scoring for the fourth time this season 10 points and a team-high three assists.

As a team, NDSU shot 56.1 percent (32-57) from the field and 53.3 percent (8-15) from three with nine different players in the scoring column. The Bison netted 46 points in the paint and the bench contributed 25 points.

NDSU will continue its road swing at Oral Roberts on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 12:00 p.m.