DILLON, Mont.- Montana Tech women's basketball team couldn't find their offensive rhythm on Saturday night against Montana Western falling 67-53 at Straugh Gymnasium. 
 
Both the Orediggers and the Bulldogs traded shots in the first quarter as Montana Tech trailed Western 13-12 after the first ten minutes. Then the Bulldogs found their stroke shooting 50% and 53% in the second and third quarters. 
 
Senior post Kaylee Zard scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Montana Tech while Mollie Peoples also scored a dozen. Mesa Williams scored nine, Dani Urick added eight, Tavia Rooney scored six, Hailey Crawford and Celestina Faletoi each added three. 
 
The Orediggers finished the game shooting 30.9% from the floor and were 3-for-10 from three while Western shot 44.8% for the contest. Western's Paige Holmes led all scorers with 16 points. 
 
The Orediggers, who fall to 11-5 overall and 1-3 in Frontier Conference play, return to action on Thursday, January 16^th when they play host to University of Providence at Kelvin Sampson Court.