The Missouri Southern women's basketball program led for more than 35 minutes and the Lions took out the visiting Bearcats of Southwest Baptist, 74-61 tonight onRobert Corn Court inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
Southern (10-5, 4-5 MIAA) was led by Sharese Jones as she had her fourth double-double of the season with a season-high 27 points and ten rebounds. Deb Holcomb had a career-high 26 points, going 5-10 from deep and playing all 40 minutes, while Tami Morice chipped in a season-high ten points. Dru Clark had a career-high six assists, while Desirea Buerge had a career-high six boards.
SBU (7-6, 2-5 MIAA) was led by Caylee Richardson as she went 10-11 from the field and scored 23 points.
The Bearcats opened up a 6-1 lead early on, but the Lions went on a 13-0 run capped by a layup from Jones with 2:17 left in the quarter and led 14-6. A bucket from SBU the next trip down made the score 14-8 with 1:52 left and a last-second free throw was the only score for the rest of the quarter as the Lions led 14-9 after one.
A three from Holcomb with 8:26 left in the second quarter gave the Lions a 22-12 lead and another three from Holcomb with 6:19 left made the score 26-12. However, SBU went on a 10-0 run and got to within four (26-22) with 4:19 to go.
The Lions, however, answered right back and finished the half on an 11-2 run and led 37-24 going into the locker room. Holcomb led all scorers at the half with 16 points.
A three from Dru Clark on the Lions' first possession of the second half put the score at 40-24, Southern. A three from Jones gave the Lions a 17-point lead (51-34) with 4:39 to go and a bucket from Morice with 2:35 left in the quarter pushed the lead to 19 (53-34). SBU finished the quarter on a 6-0 run.
A jumper from Holcomb with just over seven minutes to go pushed the Lions' lead to 60-46, and the lead reached 13 five more times in the quarter before the final tally.
Southern shot 47 percent from the field and 43 percent from the three-point line in the game. The Lions made just 68 percent of their free throws in the game, but made 80 percent of them in the second half.
The Lions out rebounded SBU 35-33 and forced 17 turnovers, scoring 17 points off of the miscues.
Southern will be back in action this Saturday when the Lions play host to Central Missouri. Tip off from Robert Corn Court inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center is slated for 1 pm.
No comments:
Post a Comment