The Northwest Missouri State University women’s basketball team fell to Missouri Southern, 90-73, on Thursday evening at the Leggett and Platt Center in Joplin, Mo.

The Bearcats fall to 1-12 on the season and 0-5 in MIAA play. The Lions improve to 6-7 overall and 3-2 in conference action.

Jaelyn Haggard had a team-high 21 points with four three pointers. She added three assists and a steal.

Tanya Meyer added 20 points with a team-best eight rebounds. She hit three from beyond the arc and had two assists.

Key Northwest Statistics
– Northwest hit 12 three pointers to Missouri Southern’s six long range makes.

– The Bearcats had 16 assists on the day with six players recording at least two.

– Northwest committed a season-low 10 turnovers and forced 10 Missouri Southern miscues.

– Six different players for the Bearcats had multi-rebound games.

– Kaylani Maiava had a season-best 11 points with six rebounds and a blocked shot.

– Kylie Coleman also scored a season-high 11 points and tied her career-high with three rebounds. She had three assists and three three-pointers.

Key Northwest Sequence
– Trailing midway through the fourth quarter, the Bearcats put together an 11-0 run to pull the game back to within 10. Haggard and Maiava hit back-to-back layups to make it an 80-63 game. Mallory McConkey added a pair of free throws and Haggard knocked down fourth three pointer fo the game to make it a 12-point game, 80-68. After a defensive stop, Haggard found Maiava near the top of the key and the junior knocked down the jumper to complete the 11-point Northwest run.

Up Next
– Northwest will head to Pittsburg, Kan., to face Pittsburg State at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.

— Northwest Athletics —