The Missouri Southern women's basketball team set a new single-game school record tonight with 33 assists as the Lions dispatched of visiting Central Christian, 101-46 on Robert Corn Court inside the Leggett and Platt Athletic Center.
Southern (5-0) had five players score in double-figures, led by 17 from Nicole Hartzog. The senior shot 5-8 from the field, 3-4 from long range and 4-4 from the free-throw line, while grabbing five boards, as well. Sharese Jones had 15 points on 5-5 shooting, while Jordan Dinyer had 14 points, going 5-7 from the field and 2-2 from both long-range and the free-throw line. Tami Morice scored 13 and pulled down seven rebounds, while Jolee Sharp scored 11 and had seven boards of her own. Jenson Maydew had a game-high eight rebounds.
Central Christian (3-7)was led in scoring by 18 points from Kelly Smit.
Both teams traded basketball the first few trips down the court and a bucket from CC's Ciara Costello with 16:30 to go cut the Lions' lead to 9-8, but that's when Southern went on a roll. The Lions ripped off eight-straight points, capped by a three from Jones with 14:51 left to go to make the lead 17-8.
The Southern lead was 15 (27-12) after a fast-break layup from Shawnee Phillips and the Lions led 42-17 after a three from Dru Clark with 6:10 to go in the half. A three from Sharp made the score 52-18 with just over three minutes to play in the half and another jumper from Sharp provided the Lions a 59-19 lead going into the locker room.
The Lions shot 65 percent from the field in the half and 44 percent from long-range. Hartzog had 15 points and Jones had 12 at the half with the pair going a collective 10-11 from the field.
Southern started with five freshman on the floor to begin the second half and back-to-back threes from Jordan Dinyer made the Lions' lead 43 (65-22) with 17:04 to go. A layup from Tami Morice the next trip down made the score 67-22 and a layup from Morice off an assist from Lacerda made the score 81-30 with just under ten minutes to go. A layup from Sharp made the score 96-41, Lions with 2:30 to go in the game. A three from Clark with 41 seconds left pushed the Lions over the century mark and made the final score 101-46.
The 33 assists (on 39 made baskets) is one more than the previous record of 32 which was set in 1991 against College of the Ozarks. Southern out rebounded CCC 53-33 and had a 48-12 advantage in the paint. The Lions scored 23 points off of 29 CCC turnovers, while putting in 17 second-chance points off of 19 offensive rebounds.
The Lions will be back in action this Saturday afternoon, playing host to Northwestern Oklahoma at 1 pm.
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