BOLIVAR, Mo. – The Missouri Western women’s basketball team (12-13, 7-9) fell victim to a little revenge at Southwest Baptist (8-18, 4-12), Thursday night. After scoring 50 points in the second half last week against SBU in the MWSU Fieldhouse, MWSU was outscored 41-24 in the second half in round two of the series.

NOTABLES

• Southwest Baptist scored 41 in each half, shooting 51 percent from the field on the night and 53 percent from three point range
• The 82 points for SBU were the most allowed by Missouri Western since an 84-67 loss at Truman State on Nov. 13
• Missouri Western led 22-21 after one quarter and trailed 41-38 at halftime
• SBU opened up a big lead by outscoring MWSU 20-7 in the third quarter
• The Griffons shot 42 percent from the field and shot better than 50 percent in the first and fourth quarters, but were held back by a 19 percent third quarter
• Katrina Roenfeldt was held to a season-low three points

LEADERS

• Melia Richardson scored a season-high 22 points, 14 in the first quarter. Richardson was 8-of-14 from the field and 6-of-7 at the free throw line.
• KeShara Scott had a team-high five rebounds
• Simone Walker led the team with three assists
• Brittany Atkins scored 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting

UP NEXT

• Missouri Western travels to Warrensburg for a re-match with No. 24 Central Missouri (19-5, 12-4)
• The Jennies defeated Northwest Missouri 71-53 Thursday night.

— MWSU Athletics —