The Missouri Southern women's basketball team tied a single-game record for made three pointers and the Lions defeated visiting Northeastern State 74-53 tonight inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
Southern (11-9, 6-5 MIAA) made 14 three pointers on the night, tying the record that was previously set against College of the Ozarks in 1990, Central Oklahoma in 1994 and Truman State in 2003.
Chelsey Henry (pictured) led the Lions with 15 points and four rebounds on 5-12 shooting from the field and 3-7 from long-range. Amelia Bramer had 11 points while Julianna Wadsworth had ten points and three assists. Deb Holcomb had eight points and six assists, while Jenson Maydew scored nine and Jasmine Green added eight.
NSU (6-12, 2-8 MIAA) was led by 16 points from Rylie Torrey and 14 from Cailyn Long.
The Lions opened the game with a three-pointer from Green to take an early 3-0 lead, but NSU scored six-straight and led 10-5 with 3:54 to go in the quarter. The lead was 13-8, but a three from Desirea Buerge with 16 seconds left made the score 13-11, NSU after one quarter.
The RiverHawks led 21-14 with 6:47 left in the second quarter, but a layup from Henry with 4:13 left gave Southern a 24-23 lead. NSU briefly went ahead again at 26-24, but back-to-back three's from Bramer and Maydew gave the Lions a 33-28 lead with 1:23 left and Southern went into the locker room with a 33-31 lead at the break.
The Lions made nine three pointers in the first half, shooting 50 percent from long-range.
A three from Maydew with 6:39 left in the third opened up an eight-point lead (43-35) for the Lions, and a layup from Holcomb with 4:19 to go in the quarter gave the Lions an 11-point lead (49-38). Southern led 51-45 after three.
Henry hit a three to start the fourth and a free throw from Buerge gave the Lions a 55-45 lead with 7:11 left in the quarter. The Lions led by 20 (67-47) after a jumper by Bri Shavers-McNeace and a pair of free throws from Holcomb gave the Lions a 21-point win.
The Lions shot 49 percent from the field and 47 percent from long range, hitting 73 percent of their free throws. Southern forced 15 NSU turnovers, scoring 21 points off of the miscues. The Southern bench outscored NSU 28-11 and the Lions out-rebounded the RiverHawks 34-22.
Southern will be back in action on Saturday afternoon when the Lions play host to tenth-ranked Central Oklahoma. Tip off from Robert Corn Court inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center is slated for 1 pm.
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