In a Western Dakota Association (WDA) contest, Bismarck Legacy made the trip north to Minot to face the Minot North girls basketball team. The Lady Sabers flexed their No. 5 Division AA ranking with the 80-51 win on the road.

Both teams struggled to uncork the offense at the start of the game. After nearly five-and a half minutes of play, the visiting team finally had an 11-6 lead over the Lady Sentinels. Legacy was able to flex that into a 33-14 lead just over six minutes later. With 4:31 to play in the first half, the Sabers led 37-14 and 44-20 at the half.

The visitors outscored the hosts 36-31 in the second half of play. The turnovers, out rebounding and missed shots in the first half for the Sentinels was the difference in the game.

Legacy remains at third in the WDA standings with a 8-3 WDA mark, 11-3 overall. They host Bismarck St. Mary’s on Thursday, January 30, and face Bismarck High on Tuesday, February 4, for their next two games.

Minot North is just above Dickinson in the WDA standings with a 2-10 WDA mark, 3-11 overall record. The Lady Sentinels will host Dickinson on Friday, January 31, and travel to Mandan on Tuesday, February 4, for their next pair of WDA matchups.

With Bismarck High beating Mandan in WDA play on Tuesday, January 28, Minot High is back atop the WDA standings followed by Mandan, Legacy, Century, Bismarck High, St. Mary’s, Williston, Jamestown, Minot North and finally Dickinson.