FARGO, N.D. — Heaven Hamling and Emily Dietz scored 20 points apiece to lead the North Dakota State women’s basketball team to a victory in its opener, an 85-68 triumph over Northern Iowa on Wednesday night at the Scheels Center.

Ryan Cobbins and Reneya Hopkins added 11 points apiece for the Bison (1-0), who lost to UNI in last year’s opener 95-63.

Nicole Kroeger had 13 points, Emerson Green had 12, and Karli Rucker and Kam Finley added 11 each for the Panthers (1-2), who shot just 37.1 percent from the field to NDSU’s 52.6.

UNI goes on the road Sunday to face Wichita State at 5 p.m.

North Dakota St. 85, UNI 68

N. IOWA (1-2) — Gunnels 1-4 3-6 5, Maahs 3-7 3-4 9, Rucker 3-13 4-6 11, Kroeger 5-8 0-0 13, Finley 4-12 3-4 11, Morgan 0-2 0-2 0, Green 4-12 4-5 12, McCullough 0-0 0-0 0, Wolf 2-2 0-0 4, Barney 1-1 0-0 3, Scheuermann 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 23-62 17-27 68.

N. DAKOTA ST. (1-0) — Olson 2-2 0-2 4, Dietz 8-14 4-4 20, Cobbins 4-6 1-1 11, Hamling 7-11 5-6 20, Gaislerova 2-4 3-3 7, Hopkins 4-8 2-3 11, Behnke 0-0 0-0 0, Skibiel 1-7 3-4 5, Schulte 1-3 2-2 5, Strop 1-2 0-1 2, Novak 0-0 0-0 0, Epperson 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 30-57 20-26 85.

N. IOWA 15 11 17 25 — 68

N. DAKOTA ST. 25 17 17 26 — 85

3-Point Goals–UNI 5-21 (Kroeger 3-6, Barney 1-1, Rucker 1-5, Maahs 0-1, Green 0-3, Finley 0-5), NDSU 5-10 (Cobbins 2-2, Hopkins 1-1, Schulte 1-1, Hamling 1-2, Skibiel 0-4). Rebounds–UNI 36 (Gunnells, Rucker 6), NDSU 35 (Dietz 8). Assists–UNI 8 (Rucker 4), NDSU 15 (Hamling, Hopkins 4). Total Fouls–UNI 22, NDSU 26. Fouled Out–Wolf, Schulte. A–51.