ST. JOSEPH – For just the fourth time in the last three seasons, the Missouri Western women’s basketball team (9-3) lost back-to-back games, falling 77-68 to Truman State (7-2), Tuesday night in the MWSU Fieldhouse.

A 6-2 MWSU spurt late in the fourth quarter pulled the Griffons within four (72-68) with one minute to go in the game. Truman State scored the next seven points of the game, three of those points coming on free throws to ice the Griffons’ first consecutive losses involving a non-conference opponent since March, 2016.

NOTABLES
– The loss was the Griffons’ first this season in the MWSU Fieldhouse (7-1)

– Cera Ledbetter finished with her first double-double as a Griffon with 12 points and 10 rebounds. It was Ledbetter’s third consecutive double-digit scoring effort

– KeShara Scott led the Griffons with 12 rebounds and is averaging 9.8 per game over the last four games

– Savannah Lentz tied a career high with five three-pointers (5-12) in the game

– Four Griffons scored in double-figures (Lent-16, Brittany Atkins-16, Melia Richardson-13 and Ledbetter)

– Missouri Western out-rebounded Truman State 37-33 and shot close to 44 percent from the field

– The Griffons tied a season-high with six blocks in the game

– Truman State shot better than 47 percent from the field and scored 42 of its points in the paint

UP NEXT
Missouri Western plays its last non-conference game of the season Dec. 30 when the Griffons host Quincy.

— MWSU Athletics —