ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western women’s basketball team (15-5, 7-4 MIAA) used a furious second half to dominate Northwest Missouri State (7-11, 2-9) 78-57 Saturday afternoon in the MWSU Fieldhouse.

NOTABLES

– Six Griffons scored in double figures

– Missouri Western outscored Northwest by 20 in the second half

– The Griffons shot better than 58 percent from the field in the second half after shooting just better than 41 percent in the first half

– It was Missouri Western’s seventh-straight win in the series

– The Griffons forced 30 Northwest Missouri turnovers

TOP PERFORMERS

– Chelsea Dewey led the Griffons with 18 points despite being limited to 21 minutes due to early foul trouble

– Melia Richardson scored a career-high 14 points on 5-9 shooting from the field

– Julia Torres recorded a double-double with a career-high 14 rebounds and 11 points. She also added a career-high six rebounds

– Sefulu Faavae scored 14 points with five assists

UP NEXT
Missouri Western hits the road next week beginning at Lindenwood, (8-11, 4-8) Thursday, Feb. 2.

— MWSU Athletics —