North Iowa held Lake Mills at bay long enough to defeat the Bulldogs 65-54 Friday night in Lake Mills.

The game was tight throughout, but the Bison opened up a nine point lead entering the fourth quarter behind the effort of Ben Matson, Logan Hovland, Nic Hassebroek and Anthony Kokakis.

Matson led North Iowa with 24 points while Hovland and Hassebroek had 14 each. Kokais added 11 as the Bison methodically pulled away from Lake Mills.

The Bulldogs (1-3) were led by Chris Throne’s 15 points. Tyler Rice added 11 and Jerod Harmon had 10 in the loss.

North Iowa 65, Lake Mills 54

North Iowa 18 21 12 14 — 65

Lake Mills 16 18 8 12 — 54

North Iowa scoring: Ben Matson 24, Logan Hovland 14, Nic Hassebroek 14,

Anthony Kokakis 11, Brent Price 2

Lake Mills scoring: Chris Throne 15, Tyler Rice 11, Jerod Harmon 10, Jim Adams 7, Eric Johnson 4, Marcus Gaskill 3, Alex Grunhovd 2, Jack Olson 2