It seemed all too familiar to coach Jamie Morrison and his Haskell Indian Nations University men’s basketball team Friday night.

The Fightin’ Indians fought hard again, but came away with another loss.

“We kind of laid an egg tonight,” Morrison said of his team’s 100-71 loss to Bellevue University. “We didn’t play very well defensively. We were close with them until the end of the first half, and that’s when things turned.”

Things turned all right.

Haskell (4-19) trailed by only three points at 29-26 with just over six minutes remaining in the first half before Bellevue closed the half on a 18-4 run.

Bellevue scored 12 of the 18 points on lay-ups, repeatedly beating Haskell down the floor. The run resulted in a comfortable 17-point half-time lead.

“We turned the ball over in transition, and it went from 4-on-2 breaks for us to 2-on-1 breaks for them,” Morrison said. “Those are the kind of mistakes that we can’t make, and it kind of snowballed from there. Guys started pressing a little bit and tried too hard.”

Even though Haskell’s defensive effort may have been a little sub-par, some of the credit has to go to Bellevue and its hot shooting. Bellevue shot 66 percent shooting for the game, including a 76-percent clip in the second half when it made 19 of 25 shots.

“It was about time we played well on the road,” Bellevue coach Todd Eisner said. “We have been struggling on the road lately, but tonight we shared the ball and got a lot of easy looks in transition.”

Joe Webb led all scorers with 27 points, and Lucas Hough went 8-for-9 from the field and scored 23 points for Bellevue.

Haskell had four players in double figures: Topah Spoonhunter led the Indians with 12 points, and Wacy Weeks, Aaron Hogner and Lati Hill each had 10.

Saint Mary women 47, Haskell 38

The HINU women’s team didn’t fare any better, losing to the College of Saint Mary. The Indians (10-10) trailed by nine at halftime and opened the second half on a 9-0 run to tie the game at 22, but never were able to take the lead.

“I liked our chances coming into this game, but we just didn’t have very good ball movement against their zone, and we didn’t hit enough shots,” coach Phil Homeratha said.

The Indians shot a dismal 1-for-16 from three-point range and hit only five of 27 shots in the first half. They shot only 25 percent for the game and also committed 21 turnovers.

Maria Stevens led Haskell with 17 points and seven rebounds.

Both Haskell teams will entertain York this afternoon. The women will tip off at 3 p.m., and the men will follow, around 5:30 p.m.