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University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

Corbey R. Dorsey
74
Winner NW Missouri State NWMSU-W 7-10, 3-5
62
Nebraska-Kearney UNKWBB 11-7, 4-5
Winner
NW Missouri State NWMSU-W
7-10, 3-5
74
Final
62
Nebraska-Kearney UNKWBB
11-7, 4-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
NW Missouri State NWMSU-W 16 17 17 24 74
Nebraska-Kearney UNKWBB 12 15 15 20 62

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Twelve Triples Lift the Bearcats

Kearney, Neb. – The Northwest Missouri State Bearcats sunk 12 three pointers and shot 95 percent at the line to beat Nebraska-Kearney, 74-62, Thursday evening at the Health & Sports Center.

Northwest improves to 7-10 (3-5) and evens its road record at 3-3. The 'Cats also beat the Lopers (11-7, 4-5) for a second time in three years; last winter UNK needed a furious rally to win the lone matchup between the two, 88-79 in overtime.

The MIAA leader in free throw percentage at 80.2 percent, Northwest salted things away by making 20 of 21 freebies. Leading for almost the entire night, the 'Cats work at the line included a 15 of 16 effort in the fourth quarter.

Northwest came in averaging 59 points per game on seven made threes. Those numbers will rise as they made at least two treys in each quarter and finished 21 of 49 (43%) from the field to record its second highest point total of the season. 34365

"They are good shooters and early on we gave them some open looks. They made those and from there they shot it with a lot of confidence," said Loper head coach Carrie Eighmey. "With a young team, sometimes your offense can dictate your defense. We struggled to finish some shots around the rim early and I thought made us a little bit hesitant."

UNK, shooting a respectable 42.6 percent (20 of 47) from the floor, led 2-0 but that was its only lead of the night. Down six at the half, the Lopers used a 7-0 run midway through the third quartered to tie things up at 41. The spurt was capped when Wahoo freshman guard Aspen Jansa turned a steal by Kansas freshman Elisa Backes into a three-point play.

However, Northwest closed the quarter on a 9-1 run that included two triples and three free throws by junior starter Kenedy Eaton. She was fouled right before the buzzer sounded.

"Defensively (Northwest) played with good effort and energy and were well prepared," said Eighmey. "I also thought we were stagnant on both ends of the floor and didn't play with a great deal of energy."

Led by Eaton (9 of 9), Northwest kept UNK at bay in the fourth with a series of made foul shots. The Lopers trimmed the deficit to six on two different occasions but that was as close as they would get.

Four starters and one reserve reached double figures for Northwest, led by sophomore guard Jaelyn Haggard (16) and Eaton (15). Haggard went 4 of 9 from down town with junior guard Erika Schlosser 4 of 8. She also had seven assists, two steals and finished with 13 points.

UNK used nine players and each scored but none had more than 10. Iowa freshman forward Maegan Holt made four free throws and hit two treys to score 10 with Missouri sophomore guard Adreon Bell hitting some tough shots in the lane to finish with nine points and three boards. Finally, Backes led the bench with eight points, three blocks, three boards and two steals.

The Missouri Western State Griffons (9-8, 4-4), who eliminated the Lopers from last year's MIAA Tournament, visit Saturday. They fell tonight at No. 8 Fort Hays State, 67-50.
 
 
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