JOPLIN – The Missouri Southern women’s basketball team dropped a game to visiting Northwest Missouri, 63-46 tonight on Robert Corn Court inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
Southern (6-9, 6-9 MIAA) was led offensively by 10 points each from Megan Jackson and Amaya Johns. Jackson was 4-of-9 from the field with six rebounds, while Johns went 4-of-7 with four boards. Carley Turnbull had nine points and five rebounds, while Madi Stokes had a team-high seven boards.
Northwest (5-9, 5-9 MIAA) had three score in double-figures, led by 19 points from Molly Hartnett and 18 from Jaelyn Haggard.
The Lions jumped out to a 6-0 lead early on and led 13-7 after a three from Turnbull with 3:36 left in the first quarter. The Bearcats, however, took a 14-13 lead with a minute to go, before a three from Johns put Southern back on top. The Lions led 18-16 after one.
A pair of free throws from Kaitlin Hunnicutt put the Lions up 20-16 with 8:14 left in the 2nd, and a layup from Johns halfway through the quarter put the lead at six (22-16). Northwest went ahead 24-22 after a three with 2:18 to go and held a 27-24 lead going into the locker room.
A pair of freebies from Hunnicutt put the Lions up 28-27 two and a half minutes into the third, but a three from the Bearcats put Northwest back on top 30-28 the next trip down. The Bearcats led 36-28 before back-to-back three’s from the Lions forced a Northwest Missouri timeout. Northwest led 42-35 with 1:48 to go, but buckets from Jackson made the score 42-39 after three.
The Bearcats had a 53-44 lead a the six-minute mark of the fourth and increased the lead to 13 (57-44) with 2:49 to go and that would be as close as the Lions got.
The Lions shot 28 percent from the field and 82 percent from the free throw line. Southern won the rebound battle (36-35), including a 7-4 advantage on the offensive boards.
The Lions will be back in action on Thursday night when Southern plays host to Lincoln. Tip off is slated for 5:30 pm.
Source: https://mssulions.com/news/2021/2/2/womens-basketball-lions-fall-63-46-to-northwest-missouri
