The Northwest Missouri State University women’s basketball team fell in double overtime to Nebraska-Kearney, 88-79, on Thursday at the UNK Sports and Health Center in Kearney, Neb.

– Northwest falls to 1-16 overall and 0-9 in MIAA play. The Lopers improve to 13-3 overall and 5-3 in conference action.

– Tanya Meyer finished with a team-high 27 points with 14 rebounds, marking her sixth double-double of the year.

– The overtime game marked the first under head coach Buck Scheel. The last Bearcat overtime game came back in 2015 against Missouri Southern on Feb. 11.

– The last double-overtime game Northwest played in was back on Feb. 8, 2010, against Pittsburg State.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest shot 43.5 percent from the field (30-69) and hit 12-of-33 three point attempts (36.5 percent).

– UNK shot 25-of-37 from the free throw line while Northwest was 7-for-10.

– For Meyer, she surpassed the 20 point barrier for the sixth time this season and 19th time in her career. It was also the seventh game this season she has had double-digit rebounds and the 19th time overall.

– Jaelyn Haggard set a career-high with six assists. She finished with 15 points, hitting three three-pointers.

– Mallory McAndrews hit four three pointers and finished with 12 points. She had a career-high six assists with a pair of rebounds.

– Mallory McConkey had 12 points, six rebounds, an assist, a block and a steal.

– Kaylani Maiava had a career-best nine rebounds to go along with four points and a blocked shot.

– Maria Dentlinger was 2-for-2 from the field, finishing with four points and four rebounds. She also added a block and an assist.

Up Next
– Northwest will head to Hays, Kan., to take on Fort Hays State on Saturday at 2 p.m.

— Northwest Athletics —