MARQUETTE, Mich. -- The Wildcat women's basketball team dropped game two of their weekend series to Ferris State, 66-64, Sunday afternoon for the weekend split. 

The team from Northern Michigan University found themselves fighting back from the start, quickly going down 7-2 and unable to stop the pressuring Bulldog guards. The Wildcat women were able to get some momentum going late in the opening quarter, trailing only by four, 16-12, through 10 minutes of play.

The second quarter started out fairly even, with both teams trading baskets before FSU went on a 10-point run to widen their lead. NMU would score the next five points of the half before the Bulldogs hit a buzzer-beater shot for the 38-26 score at the half.

The Wildcat women continued to battle in the second half, cutting an 18-point lead by the Bulldogs down to just one late but were unable to convert in the final minutes of action for the 66-64 final.

The Wildcats travel to Houghton, Michigan next to take on rival Michigan Tech on Tuesday, January 26. That game is set to begin at 5:30 p.m.