Box Score BUTTE, Mont.- Montana Tech lost a back-and-forth battle with Viterbo (Wisc.) on Sunday afternoon at Kelvin Sampson Court, 70-65.

The Orediggers (0-2) trailed the V-Hawks 17-14 at the end of the first quarter but rallied back to take the lead at halftime, 35-33. 

The Diggers shot 39.4% from the field while the V-Hawks finished the afternoon at a 46.0% clip.

Montana Tech was led in scoring by Brooke Heggie's 16-point-10-rebound performance. Heggie finished the game 7-for-12 from the floor. Mollie Peoples was 6-for-13 shooting on her way to 15 points. Ally Cleverly scored 9, Celestina Faletoi added 8, Tavia Rooney scored 6, Dani Urick added 5, and Jaden Comings and Aubrie Rademacher chipped in 2 apiece. 

Rooney led the Diggers on the boards with 11 rebounds. 

Viterbo was led in scoring by Kacie Gross who tallied 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting and Kaitlyn Kennedy who added 12.

Montana Tech has a quick turnaround with a noon matchup with MSU-Billings in Billings on Monday.