(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)
Chelsey Henry led four Lions in double-figures as the Missouri Southern women's basketball team took out visiting Tabor College, 77-57 in the Lions' final non-conference action of 2018.
Southern (9-3) was led in scoring from Chelsey Henry with 14 points, while Jordan Schoenberger had a double-double with ten points and ten boards. Layne Skiles had ten points on a perfect day from the field (4-for-4 from the field and 2-for-2 from the three-point line. Chasidee Owens scored ten points and Destiny Cozart added nine.
Tabor (10-3) got 7 points each from Sammy Jo Peterson, Ashtyn Wiebe and Tristen Leiszler.
Tabor opened up a 10-5 lead midway through the first quarter, but the Lions fought back and a three from Cozart with 3:13 left, gave the Lions a 13-12 lead. A layup from Henry, after a steal from Cozart pushed the lead to 15-12, and Southern finished the quarter on a 12-2 run to lead 17-12 after one.
Southern started the second quarter on an 8-3 run and including the end of the first, the run over the previous nine minutes reached 20-5, forcing a Tabor timeout at 6:44 with the Lions leading 25-15. Tabor got within six (27-21) with 4:58 left to go, but a layup from Schoenberger started a 14-5 run to end the half with the Lions up 41-26.
A layup from Henry with 8:15 left in the third gave the Lions a 45-28 lead, while a jumper from Cozart pushed the score to 49-32 with 3:50 to go in the third. A jumper from Zoe Campbell on the left baseline pushed the Southern lead to 21 (53-32) with two minutes to go in the quarter and a late bucket from Tabor made the score after three 57-41, Lions.
A bucket from Owens with 6:28 left in the game pushed the lead back to 20 (67-47), while a fast-break layup and ensuing layup from Brooke Stauffer kept the lead at 20 (77-57) with just under a minute to go and proved to be the final score.
The Lions shot 51 percent from the field and out rebounded the Blue Jays 40-28. Southern had a 36-24 advantage in the paint and scored 24 points off of 17 Tabor turnovers.
Southern will be back in action on January 3 as the Lions go back into MIAA play with a road contest at Lindenwood. Tip off is slated for 5:30 pm.
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