BILLINGS, Mont.- A slow start proved to be just enough to slow down the Montana Tech women's basketball team against Rocky Mountain College at First Interstate Bank Arena as the Oredigger fell, 62-52, on Thursday night. 
 
Montana Tech (11-4, 1-2 Conf.) trailed the Battlin' Bears 17-5 at the end of the first quarter before rallying back in the second quarter to trail only 28-22 at intermission. 

"This was our first game since Christmas break and offensively we had a tough night shooting," said Coach Carly Sanon. "I thought we played really hard."
 
Part of the Orediggers impressive comeback was due to the fast break offense of Dani Urick. The sophomore from Belt scored a team-high 19 points on 5-for-11 shooting and an impressive 8-for-8 effort from the free throw line. 

"Dani Urick played really well tonight", added Sanon. 
 
Mesa Williams added 11 points while Tavia Rooney tallied eight points and 10 rebound for the Diggers. Kaylee Zard added seven points while Mollie Peoples added three and Meg Delaney and Hailey Crawford added two apiece. 
 
The Orediggers finished the contest shooting 28.1% from the floor while the Battlin' Bears shot 28.6% for the contest. Kloie Thatcher led Rocky with 17 points on 8-for-10 shooting at the free throw line. 
 
Montana Tech travels to Dillon to take on Montana Western at 5:30 on Saturday, January 11^th at Straugh Gymnasium.