Box Score Kearney, Neb. – The 12th-ranked Washburn Lady Blues scored 27 points off turnovers and got 19 points from guard Laura Kinderknecht to roll past Nebraska-Kearney, 74-45, Saturday afternoon at the Health & Sports Center. 
 
Washburn (10-2, 4-0) now leads the all-time series with the Lopers (4-9, 1-5) by nine games, 19-10. It was the first meeting between the two in 11 years.
 
UNK hung with the MIAA preseason favorite for most of the first half as Kearney shot 44% (12 of 27) from the field and tallied seven second chance points.
 
However, the Lady Blues, already up 25-21, closed the half on a 17-4 run that included three treys in the final 1:04. Two of those bombs were made by Kinderknect, who had 16 points by the break and ended the day 8 of 12 (3 of 6 threes) from the field.
 
Washburn, who shot 50% (28 of 56) for the game and ended with a plus nine rebounding margin, extended its lead in the second half as they held UNK to 25.9% (7 of 27) shooting over the final 20 minutes.
 
The Lopers also ended 1 of 9 from the three point line.
 
Besides Kinderknecht, the Lady Blues got 10 points and seven boards from starter Lavonda McCall and 13 points and three rebounds from reserve Stormye Everett.
 
Beatrice junior Shelby Zimmerman was the only Loper in double digits as she was 5 of 10 from the floor to tally 11. Sophomore post Melissa Norman (Elk Grove, Calif.), who had her fourth double double of the year Wednesday vs. Missouri Western State, grabbed a team-best eight rebounds, scored eight and blocked two shots.

Finally, senior reserve post Nadia Williams (San Jose, Calf.) had six boards and scored five points in 16 minutes of work.
 
UNK hosts nationally-ranked Central Missouri Wednesday night.