The Northwest Missouri State women’s basketball team dropped a Saturday evening contest to Washburn at Lee Arena, 73-55. The loss moves Northwest to 4-9 on the season and 1-5 in MIAA play. Washburn improved to 9-5 overall and 4-3 in conference action.

Junior Ariel Easton had a team-high 15 points. She also had five rebounds and three steals. Ashleigh Nelson added nine points and Annie Mathews had a team-best nine rebounds to go along with eight points.

After trailing by nine at the half, 35-26, Northwest would pull back to within six with 12:20 remaining in the contest, 43-37 on a pair of Nelson free throws. But Washburn would go on a 10-0 run to pull away late.

Northwest will host Northeastern State on Monday, Jan. 13, at 5:30 p.m. at Bearcat Arena. That contest was originally scheduled for Jan. 6 but was postponed due to weather.

— Northwest Sports Information —