The Northwest Missouri State women’s basketball team broke a series of losing streaks Thursday with their defeat of the Washburn Ichabods 72-70. They broke their 10-game losing streak this season, the Bearcats broke their 12-game losing streak against the Ichabods, and they won at Washburn for the first time since 1985.

Northwest surged to an early lead, winning the first quarter 16-4. They led by 17, 29-12, with 5:09 left in the second quarter. Northwest let the Ichabods back into the game but shot lights out from the free throw line (11-12), as they’ve done all year, to the tune of a new Northwest record of 80.9% on the year, to seal the game late. The Bearcats were led by Mallory McConkey who had 23 points on 8-10 shooting. Kendey Eaton had 20, Kylie Coleman had 12 and Erika Schlosser had 11. Eaton went 2-2 from the free-throw line to get her to a new individual season record of 93.5%. Northwest won the turnover battle 9-16. Northwest shot 50% from the field and made 11-25 three-pointers.

The Ichabods were led in scoring by Taylor Blue with 20, followed by Shelbie Piggie with 13, Hunter Bentley with 12, and Alexis Mcafee with 10. Bentley also had a game high 14 rebounds to give herself a double-double. The Ichabods outrebounded the Bearcats 33-15. They shot 55.6% from the field but only went 4-17 from behind the arc.

Northwest ends the season 8-20, 4-15 in MIAA play.

— Northwest Athletics —