Lake Mills came up short against North Iowa in a 38-27 loss despite the performances of a pair of Bulldog seniors.

Seniors Jordynn Brackey and Sammy Nelson combined for 19 of Lake Mills’ 27 points, but it wasn’t enough to knock off the Bison.

North Iowa staked itself to a 22-13 halftime lead and held off the Bulldogs late.

Lake Mills put up 11 points in the final quarter but couldn’t recover from the second and third quarter. The Bulldogs (1-3) were outscored 23-10 in those quarters combined.

North Iowa 38, Lake Mills 27

North Iowa 7 15 8 8 — 38

Lake Mills 6 7 3 11— 27

Lake Mills scoring: Jordynn Brackey 12, Sammy Nelson 7, Sara Chodur 4,

Josie Brackey 2, Jade Durnil 2.

North Iowa scoring: Samantha Gelhaus 14, Amanda Evans 7, Kayla Hovland 6,

Amanda Paden 5, Kristan Hobbs 3, Amanda Risius 2, Jamie Penning 1.