Bison women absorb injury to 3rd key player amidst 'emotional week'

FARGO — The result felt trivial by the end of the game Thursday night at Scheels Center and the Sanford Health Athletic Complex. North Dakota State was methodical in powering past Division II Augustana for an 86-60 home-opening victory in women's basketball. The Bison appeared to absorb another costly injury to a key player only two games into their regular season. It s been an emotional week for our team and then compounded again tonight," said Bison head coach Jory Collins. I can see in their eyes that they're sticking together. It s going to be some tough sledding here. Junior guard Elena Lazarevic went to the floor in pain with 7 minutes, 9 seconds remaining in the third quarter. She grabbed her left knee and was eventually helped off the court. She spent the remainder of the game on the bench with a bag of ice on her left knee. Collins didn't have a further injury update on Lazarevic during his postgame press conference. It looked to me like a typical