Sharese Jones scored 12 points and Bri Shaversadded 10 as the Missouri Southern women's basketball team won 48-43 over visiting Northwest Missouri tonight on Robert Corn Court inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
Southern (8-1, 2-1 MIAA) was led by Jones 12 points as the senior was 4-8 from the field and 3-4 from the free throw line. She added six rebounds. Shavers had a career-high with ten points on 5-8 shooting, while Kenya Wilson-Brown had nine points and a career-high eight rebounds to go along with five assists and four steals.
Northwest (2-7, 0-3 MIAA) was led in scoring by Jasmin Howe with 16 points on 7-11 from the field.
The Lions took a 6-5 lead after a layup from Wilson-Brown with 7:53 left in the first quarter. They led 12-5 after another layup from Wilson-Brown, this time with 6:56 left to cap a 12-2 run.
The lead reached eight (17-9) after a jumper from Jones and Southern led 17-12 after one.
A pair of free throws for Northwest to start the second quarter cut the Lions' lead to just three (17-14), but a 8-2 run for Southern pushed the Lions' lead back up to nine (25-16) after back-to-back buckets from Kayla Kivinski. A pair of free throws from Desirea Buerge with 1:17 left in the half gave the Lions a 27-18 lead going into the locker room.
Wilson-Brown led the Lions in scoring, rebounds and assists with 7 points, five rebounds and four assists at the break.
The Bearcats cut the Lions' lead to just three (36-33) at the end of the third quarter, but Southern opened up the fourth on a 6-0 run to lead 42-33 with 8:29 left after a pair of Buerge free throws.
Southern led 46-43 with 30 seconds left in the game, but the Bearcats had the ball, however the Lions forced a turnover and Wilson-Brown made a pair of free throws to seal the win.
The Lions shot 31 percent from the field and 78 percent from the free throw line and forced 23 Northwest Missouri turnovers, scoring 19 points on the miscues. Southern had a 35-23 advantage on the boards, including a 14-2 advantage on the offensive boards, leading to a 17-0 lead in second-chance points.
Southern will be back in action this Saturday when the Lions head to St. Joseph to take on Missouri Western. Tip off is slated for 3 pm.
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