The Bulldogs are amidst their sec­ond five-game los­ing streak this season.

Ferris is 5–14 over­all this sea­son and 4–10 in con­fer­ence play. The Bulldogs will be look­ing to break their los­ing streak as they con­tinue their four-game home stand against Hillsdale (9−9) on Feb. 4 and Findlay (15−4) on Feb. 6. Ferris lost to Findlay by 28 points and Hillsdale by 20 points ear­lier this sea­son on the road.

On Saturday, Ferris dropped its fifth con­fer­ence game in a row as they lost to nation­ally fourth-ranked Michigan Tech 75–58. The women put forth a strong effort for much of the con­test, as they were able to pull within three points with 14:37 left to play.

The Huskies went on a 21–2 run mid­way through the sec­ond half to put the game out of reach. Michigan Tech guard Katie Zimmerman made eight three-pointers, five of which came in the sec­ond half.

Bulldog junior for­ward Tiara Adams led the team with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Ferris junior guard Becci Houdek feels the team can remain com­pet­i­tive the rest of the season.

“We need to keep com­ing in with a lot of con­fi­dence because obvi­ously we can play with these teams,” said Houdek.

The Bulldogs lost 56–54 to Northern Michigan on Jan. 26, as Houdek missed the poten­tial game-tying shot with three sec­onds remaining.

Northern Michigan led for most of the con­test, as they were able to open up a 12-point lead early in the sec­ond half.

The Bulldogs bat­tled back and tied it up at 51–51 with just over six min­utes remain­ing. Coach Tracey Dorow thought her team played hard, but said they can­not afford a let up and keep dig­ging holes for themselves.

“It’s dis­ap­point­ing we put our­selves in a 12-point hole,” said Dorow. “We just did not take care of business.”

The Wildcats stepped up their defen­sive effort and held Ferris to only one field goal the rest of the game. Houdek led the way for Ferris as she tal­lied 12 points, six assists, and five rebounds. Adams con­tributed 10 points and four rebounds for the Bulldogs.

Ferris shot 42 per­cent from the field and held Northern Michigan to 34 per­cent shooting.