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University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

Haley Simental
Corbey R. Dorsey
49
Neb.-Kearney UNK 7-1,1-1 Mid-America Intercollegiate
70
Winner Emporia St. ESU 6-2,1-0 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Neb.-Kearney UNK
7-1,1-1 Mid-America Intercollegiate
49
Final
70
Emporia St. ESU
6-2,1-0 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Neb.-Kearney UNK 15 11 13 10 49
Emporia St. ESU 22 15 11 22 70

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Emporia Uses Turnovers to Win MIAA Opener

Kearney, Neb. – The Emporia State Hornets took advantage of 31 turnovers and scored 22 points in both the first and fourth quarters to down Nebraska-Kearney, 70-49, Thursday night in Kansas.

This was the MIAA opener for the Hornets (6-2) while the Lopers (7-1, 1-1) were coming off a Tuesday night home win over No. 3/5 Fort Hays State. The 7-0 start by UNK goes down as the fourth best in program history.

Emporia tallied 37 of its points off turnovers, thanks to 23 steals, with those Loper miscues also leading to 19 more shot attempts. UNK was just minus one on the glass and held E-State to 8 of 32 shooting (25%) over the second and third quarters.

The Lopers, shooting a 37% (16 of 43) on the night, trailed 37-26 at the break and 48-39 heading into the final quarter. Emporia sunk three of its eight threes over the final 10 minutes and used a 12-0 run to salt things away.

Redshirt freshman guard Tre'Zure Jobe (18 points, five steals, three assists & two rebounds), senior guard Jessica Wayne (14 points, six steals, five rebounds) and senior wing Mollie Mounsey (nine points, five boards & five steals) paced the Hornets.

UNK had nine different players score with Colorado point guard Haley Simental (10) leading the way. She had only two turnovers in 35 minutes and sunk two of UNK's seven threes. Finally South Dakota sophomore guard Klaire Kirsch (12 rebounds & nine points) almost recorded another double double with Missouri junior guard Adreon Bell supplying six points off the bench.

The Lopers host York College Monday night. That game has been moved back to a 7 p.m. tip off.
 
 
 
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