The Northwest Missouri State University women’s basketball team picked up a 69-55 win over Bellevue University on Wednesday evening at Bearcat Arena in Maryville, Mo.

– Northwest improves to 3-0 on the year. The game for Bellevue was counted as an exhibition. Bellevue is in the program’s first year.

– Arbrie Benson scored a career-high 16 points and also set a career mark with five assists. She tied a career high with six rebounds.

– Tanya Meyer led all scorers with 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting. She grabbed seven rebounds with one steal.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest shot 50 percent from the field (25-of-50) and hit 9-of-21 (42.9 percent) from beyond the arc.

– The Bearcats also hit 10-of-12 from the charity stripe (83.3 percent).

– Northwest never trailed in the game and led by as many as 23 points late in the third quarter.

– At halftime, the Bearcats led the Bruins, 35-22.

– Taryne Shull finished with 10 points and seven rebounds. She had two steals and two assists. She was 4-of-4 from the charity stripe and hit a pair of three pointers.

– Macy Williams dished out six assists with a pair of steals.

– Jasmin Howe was 4-of-8 from the field, finishing with nine points and six rebounds. She also had four assists and a steal.

– Mallory McAndrews hit both of her three-point attempts, scoring six points for the Bearcats.

Key Northwest Sequence
– With time winding down in the first half, a scramble and a ball on the floor led to an open three point look for Howe who knocked it down with eight seconds to go to give Northwest a 35-22 lead. After halftime, the Bearcats stayed hot, getting a layup and a three-pointer from Benson to go up, 40-22. After an empty posession by both teams, Meyer hit a layup with 7:00 to go in the third to make it a 20-point lead, 42-22.

Up Next
– Northwest will host Rockhurst University on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. at Bearcat Arena in Maryville, Mo.

— Northwest Athletics —