he Missouri Southern women's basketball team took a five-point lead into the locker room, but a strong third quarter lifted visiting Emporia State past the Lions, 76-61 today on Robert Corn Court inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
Southern (11-9, 3-7 MIAA) had four score in double-figures, led by 13 points from Chelsey Henry. Destiny Cozart had 12 points and four assists, while Chasidee Owens scored 11 and Laure Assena added ten points and six boards.
ESU (14-5, 5-4 MIAA) was led by 16 points from Jessica Wayne. Addie Lackey and Tyra Jones scored 14 points each.
Both teams traded buckets early on, before ESU opened up a 10-7 lead with 5:11 to go in the first quarter. A three from Krista Clark with 2:13 to go gave the Lions a 13-11 lead and another three from Clark with 1:31 left had the Lions leading 16-13. Emporia, however, would score four-straight points to end the quarter up 17-16.
ESU led 21-18 with 8:41 left in the second quarter, but the Lions went on a 10-0 run and led 28-21, capped by back-to-back threes from Layne Skiles, forcing a Lady Hornets' timeout. A three from Cozart with 4:38 to go in the quarter pushed the Lions' lead to eight (33-25), and a bucket from Assena with 2:40 to go in the quarter kept the lead at eight (37-29). Emporia had 15 turnovers at the break.
A jumper from Owens with 7:20 left in the third gave the Lions a 44-37 lead, but ESU went on an 8-0 run and took a 45-44 lead with 5:36 left in the quarter. The Lady Hornets continued the run as a half-court trap proved effective against the Lions and ESU led 58-48 at the end of the third quarter.
ESU led by ten (63-53) with 8:21 left in the fourth quarter, but a jumper from Henry cut the lead to six (63-57) with 6:25 left in the quarter. Nine-straight points from the Lady Hornets with three minutes to go in the quarter gave ESU a 76-59 lead, its largest of the game. Two late free throws from Henry stopped the run and were the final points.
The Lions shot 40 percent from the field and forced 20 turnovers for the Hornets, 15 in the first half, scoring 22 points off the miscues.
Southern will be back in action on January 31 as the Lions head to Missouri Western. Tipoff is slated for 5:30 pm.
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