M State trailed 24-11 after one quarter of play, however, the lady Spartans out-scored the Pioneers 16-6 in the second quarter to trim the lead to 3 points, 30-27, at the half.

Jayna Gronewold's 3-point field goal early in the third quarter tied the game at 30, however, Northland then rattled off 7 points in a row to take a 37-30 lead and went on to lead, 41-38, at the end of 3 quarters.

Gronewold proceeded to take the game into her own hands, hitting a go-ahead 3-point field goal with 7:43 left in the fourth quarter for what turned out to be the only lead of the game for M State at 43-42.  With M State trailing 53-47 with 1:21 on the clock, Gronewold connected from 3-point range again, to pull the Spartans to within 3 at 53-50.  With just 26 seconds remaining, she launched a highly contest 3 that swished through the net, tying the game at 53-53, forcing overtime.  She also hit a clutch two-point shot with 3 minutes left in OT, tying the game once again, this time at 56-56.  Northland proceeded to score 6 of the last 8 points for a 62-58 win.

Gronewold added 4 assists, 4 steals and 4 rebounds to her stat line, to go along with a game high 22 points.  Mo Bugbee (10 points, 10 rebounds, 5 steals) had an outstanding game, finishing with a double-double, and Mia Blaskowski added 9 points off the bench.  Madi Foss finished with 8 points. 

M State shot 43.9% (25-57) from the floor and made 35.7% (5-14) of their 3's.  They were out-scored on the line, 13-3 as the Pioneers shot 17 free throws to just 6 for the lady Spartans.  M State was called for 18 fouls in the game, while the lady Pioneers were only called for 8 infractions.  M State won the rebounding battle, 40-33.

Tiyana Schwinghammer led Northland with 18 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 blocks.  Riley Mooney finished with 16 points, and Josie Iverson scored 13 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and dished out 4 assists.