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Northwest women fall short at home against Missouri Southern 86-76

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Northwest2013riggertBy David Boyce

MARYVLLE, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State’s women’s basketball team scored the first field goal in the fourth quarter and trailed by only two points against Missouri Southern.

In the next few possessions, the Bearcats turned the ball over. Southern took advantage and expanded its lead to eight. Northwest never recovered, falling 86-76 to the Lions Thursday evening at Bearcat Arena.

“Turnovers are an issue we have been fighting all year,” Northwest coach Buck Scheel said. “It is going to happen. We just can’t let them pile up.

“We battled throughout the whole game. Just a few breakdowns here and there caught up to us.”

Northwest returns to action 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Bearcat Arena against Pittsburg State.

“We are working hard. I feel like we are right there,” said senior Jasmin Howe.

Offensively, Northwest did a lot of things right. The Bearcats recognized who had the hot hand and got her the ball. In the first two quarters, it meant feeding Howe.

In the second half, it was sophomore Arbrie Benson who drove to the basket for layups. It was her layup at the start of the fourth quarter that pulled the Bearcats to within two at 61-59.

Northwest, though, failed to value each possession in the final quarter and that caused the Bearcats to fall behind 69-61. Northwest spent the rest of the fourth quarter trying to wipe out the deficit.

An injury to starting forward Tanya Meyer forced the Bearcats to play without their regular rotation.

“There were some different lineups out there with Tanya being out,” Scheel said.

The outcome put a bit of a damper on good offensive games from Howe, Benson and sophomore Mallory McAndrews. Howe finished with 33 points, McAndrews scored 14 and Benson added 13.

“We had to space things out in the second half and that really opened up opportunities for her (Benson) to get to the basket,” Scheel said. “Through rotation, we were able to get some good looks.

“We got to continue to do what is working and make the adjustments and not beat ourselves. The past couple of games we have let things stack up and stack up.”

In the first half, Northwest shot the ball as well or better than it has all season long. The Bearcats made 14 of 23 shots for 61 percent. Unfortunately, Southern was a tad hotter and took a 43-39 lead into halftime.

Howe put together one of her best half of basketball in a Bearcat uniform. She went 6-for-7 from three-point range and 8-for-10 overall for 22 points. Her blistering shooting kept Northwest in striking distance and even gave the Bearcats several leads in the first half.

“Props to my teammates for getting me the ball,” Howe said.

The game started with a basket by Howe. Southern scored the next seven points, but a couple of minutes later, Northwest went back in front 12-11 on a three-pointer by Howe.

Northwest ended the first quarter with a three-pointer by McAndrews, giving the Bearcats a 21-17 lead.

The Lions opened the second quarter by scoring eight straight points for a 25-21 lead. Northwest regrouped and went back in front 29-27 on a three-pointer by Howe.

Northwest was unable to hold the lead and eventually fell behind 37-32. A step-in 17-foot jumper by Howe pulled Northwest to within three at 37-34 and a minute later she hit her sixth three-pointer of the half, helping the Bearcats close to 39-37.

— Northwest Athletics —

Missouri women rally but come up short at No. 24 Kentucky

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riggertMissouriLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Makayla Epps scored 17 points, Evelyn Akhator had 14 and No. 24 Kentucky held off a late charge by Missouri for a 64-62 win on Thursday night.

The Wildcats (10-5, 1-1 SEC) led by 16 after Akhator’s 3-point play with 8:01 to play but wouldn’t score again until her free throw at the 2:13 mark to make it 59-48. After another free throw, Missouri’s Sierra Michaelis hit two 3-pointers in an 8-0 run in 24 seconds to cut it to 60-56.

Akhator’s 3-point play at 1:07 pushed the lead back to seven before a pair of baskets after turnovers made it a 3-point game.

The Wildcats had nine turnovers but committed five in the fourth quarter when they were 3 of 12 from the field and 7 of 13 from the foul line.

Michaelis finished with 22 points and Cunningham had 16 for Missouri (11-5, 1-1).

Kentucky outscored the Tigers 26-6 in the second quarter with the help of six 3s and used a season-best 17-0 run to lead 34-21 at halftime.

— Associated Press —

Huskers top Iowa in 2OT, off to best league start since ’76

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riggertNebraskaLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Glynn Watson Jr. scored a career-high 34 points, Tai Webster made the go-ahead free throw in the last minute of the second overtime, and Nebraska held off Iowa 93-90 on Thursday night.

The Cornhuskers (9-6, 3-0 Big Ten) followed up surprising road wins over Indiana and Maryland with a victory in their conference home opener. They are 3-0 in league play for the first time since 1975-76.

The Huskers had a chance to win in regulation, but Evan Taylor missed two free throws with 1.3 seconds left.

Peter Jok scored 34 points to lead Iowa (9-7, 1-2), which saw its five-game win streak against Nebraska end.

Webster finished with 23 points and seven assists for the Huskers, Jeriah Horne added 12 points and Michael Jacobson had 13 rebounds.

Webster went to the line after Jok fouled out with 54.6 seconds left. He made the first and missed the second, leaving the Huskers with a one-point lead.

Horne made two more free throws with 17.4 seconds to play. The Hawkeyes still had two chances to win, but Jordan Bohannon missed a shot and, after Taylor missed two more free throws, Brady Ellingson was off with his desperation 3-point try at the buzzer.

Nebraska struggled with free-throw shooting in regulation, making just 8 of 19, but needed Taylor to make just one of two to likely win it in regulation.

His first swirled out of the cylinder and the second bounced away. Taylor had gotten his chance after Iowa flubbed its previous possession. Webster stripped the ball from Jok, Horne picked it up for Nebraska and passed ahead to Taylor, who was fouled from behind by Nicholas Baer as he was going to the hoop.

Taylor came into the game having made 12 of 14 free throws for the season but was 0 for 5 against the Hawks.

The Huskers made all six of their free throws in the first overtime to force another period.

BIG PICTURE

Iowa: The Hawkeyes dropped to 0-3 in true road games but hung tough in a hostile environment with a starting lineup that includes four freshmen and a senior.

Nebraska: The Huskers continue to get impressive play from the backcourt of Watson and Webster, who combined for 57 points, and showed their road wins over Indiana and Maryland were no fluke.

UP NEXT

Iowa: Hosts Rutgers on Sunday.

Nebraska: Hosts Northwestern on Sunday.

— Associated Press —

Mizzou drops SEC opener at home to LSU 88-77

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riggertMissouriCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Antonio Blakeney hit 3 of 4 from 3-point range and finished with 24 points for the second consecutive game as LSU beat Missouri 88-77 on Wednesday night.

Aaron Epps and Jalyn Patterson added 11 points apiece.

Jordan Barnett scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Missouri. Kevin Puryear added 15 points and seven rebounds, and Jordan Geist scored 13 in his second career start. Terrence Philips, who came off the bench after starting in his first 43 games, had 12 points, eight assists and seven rebounds.

Missouri (5-8, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) led 40-35 at halftime, but LSU opened the second half on a 9-4 run and took the lead with 14:25 remaining following a 3-pointer by Blakeney.

Puryear tied the game at 54-54 before LSU (9-4, 1-1) made seven of its next eight shots during a 17-4 run that sealed it.

— Associated Press —

No. 25 K-State women come up short in overtime at No. 20 Oklahoma

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riggertKansasStateNORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Vionise Pierre-Louis scored seven of her 17 points in overtime and Gabbi Ortiz hit a pair of clutch free throws with five seconds left to insure No. 20 Oklahoma an 85-80 win over No. 25 Kansas State in a Big 12 Conference battle between ranked teams Wednesday night.

The Sooners now are 3-0 to start conference play.

Oklahoma (12-3, 3-0) led by a dozen points early in the fourth quarter but the Wildcats roared back when the Sooners went cold from the field. Kindred Wesemann tied the game and Breanna Lewis’ layup with 1:47 left gave the Wildcats the lead, 63-61. Maddie Manning pulled the Sooners even with a jumper with under a minute left in regulation and Lewis put Kansas State ahead once again with another layup. Ortiz tied the game at 67-67 with a 3-pointer with 20 seconds left in regulation and when Karyla Middlebrook’s jumper with :03 left missed, the game went to overtime.

Manning, who finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds, knocked down a 3-pointer a minute into the extra period to put Oklahoma up for good, 72-69. Ortiz added 16 points.

Middlebrook led Kansas State (11-4, 1-2) with 27 points on 10 of 19 shooting from the field. Lewis added 15 points.

The Wildcats lost their opener at Baylor before posting an 86-71 win over West Virginia as the team faced three straight conference games against ranked opponents.

— Associated Press —

Missouri State loses in OT at Illinois State

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riggertMSUNORMAL, Ill. (AP) — MiKyle McIntosh scored 21 points, Deontae Hawkins had 20, Paris Lee had a double-double and Illinois State edged Missouri State 74-71 in overtime on Wednesday night.

After Jarrid Rhodes’ 3-pointer gave Missouri State a 67-64 lead to open overtime scoring, Lee matched that for the Redbirds. The Bears then missed six straight shots. McIntosh scored five straight points before he missed three straight free throws and Lee two, keeping the lead at 72-67.

Jarred Dixon hit a jumper for Missouri State and after McIntosh made two from the line, Austin Ruder scored with 11 seconds left, making it 74-71. McIntosh then missed two more free throws but the Redbirds had two fouls to give, keeping the Bears from getting a shot until a desperation air ball as time ran out.

Lee had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Illinois State (11-4, 3-0 Missouri Valley). The Redbirds were 23 of 34 from the line, seven of the misses in overtime.

Rhodes had 19 points for the Bears (11-5, 2-1), who were 5 of 7 from the line but had 14 3-pointers on a school-record 38 attempts.

— Associated Press —

Kansas women fall at home to No. 15 Texas

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riggertKULAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Brooke McCarty scored 15 points and Ariel Atkins and Joyner Holmes combined for 14 in the pivotal third quarter to lead No. 15 Texas over Kansas 66-54 on Wednesday night.

Kansas (6-8, 0-3 Big 12) got within three on Kylee Kopatich’s jumper with 5:53 left in the third quarter but didn’t get another field goal the rest of the period with Texas going on a 15-2 run. The Longhorns led by as many as 20 in the final quarter in winning despite 31 turnovers.

McCarty made three 3-pointers, Holmes finished with 13 points and nine rebounds and Atkins had 12 points for the Longhorns (9-4, 3-0), who have won seven straight. Their four losses came to teams currently ranked in the top 10.

Jessica Washington had 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Jayhawks, her first double-double this season.

Texas scored the game’s first eight points and stayed in front, leading 35-30 at halftime.

— Associated Press —

Mykhailiuk’s controversial layup gives No. 3 Kansas 90-88 win over K-State

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riggertKULAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Svi Mykhailiuk claimed he had no idea whether he traveled during his coast-to-coast, buzzer-beating layup that gave No. 3 Kansas a dramatic 90-88 victory over Kansas State on Tuesday night.

Wildcats coach Bruce Weber couldn’t have been more certain.

“I think everybody knows what happened. Want to see my phone? There’s a hundred (messages),” Weber said. “Everybody knows what happened. I mean, it’s obvious. The TV people came up to me. Everyone.”

Indeed, replays showed Mykhailiuk picking up his dribble shy of midcourt and taking four massive strides to the basket. But the officiating crew of Mike Stuart, Ray Natali and Keith Kimble never blew a whistle, and traveling calls are not covered by instant replay.

The game was over. Even if the controversy was certain to continue.

“Svi showed some athletic ability there at the end,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “I haven’t seen it. I don’t’ know if he walked or not. I know everybody said he did. He may have, I don’t know. But it still was a heck of an athletic play to get all the way to the hole.”

Josh Jackson matched a career high with 22 points to go with nine rebounds and six assists, and Landen Lucas added 18 points and 12 rebounds, as the Jayhawks (13-1, 2-0 Big 12) pushed their home winning streak to 50 in one of the closest games during that incredible streak.

“It was a great play by Svi,” Lucas said of the final play, which broke down on the inbounds. “It wasn’t exactly what we drew up, but he improvised and made it happen.”

The Wildcats (13-2, 1-1) had the first chance to take the lead in the final seconds, but Dean Wade missed a 3-pointer and the ball bounced out of bounds with 5.6 ticks left on the clock.

Kansas struggled to get the ball inbounds, but once it got into Mykhailiuk’s hands, he used his long stride to carry him down the court — four of them, as it turned out. His winning basket gave him 11 points for the game, not to mention kept Self from losing to Kansas State for the second time at home.

Wade matched a career high with 20 points. Wesley Iwundu finished with 17, Kamau Stokes and Barry Brown added 13 points apiece, and D.J. Johnson had 10.

The Wildcats have often been shell-shocked by the Phog, the early minutes taking them right out of the game. But they never appeared to be intimidated by the atmosphere Tuesday night.

In fact, it was Kansas State that raced to a 21-13 lead in the opening minutes.

The Wildcats eventually cooled down from beyond the arc, where they hit four of their first five shots, and Kansas began to claw back. A big run midway through the half allowed the Jayhawks to take the lead, and they hit nine of their last 10 shots to forge a 52-42 halftime advantage.

Kansas never trailed the rest of the way.

Kansas State never made it easy.

The Wildcats used a five-point trip thanks in part to a technical foul on Jackson to trim into a 56-48 deficit. Then, Johnson single-handedly got Lucas into foul trouble by bulldozing for baskets, robbing the Jayhawks of their best interior player for much of the half.

Kansas State finally tied the game 84-all when Brown scored high off the glass in transition, but the Jayhawks went right back to Lucas, whose inside basket made it 86-84 with 1:27 to go.

Back and forth it went: Stokes answered with two free throws — par for the course in a foul-filled game — only for Lucas to get his revenge by fouling out Johnson at the other end. And after his two free throws, Iwundu’s basket tied it at 88 with 49 seconds to go.

That set up the final, frantic play that ultimately overshadowed everything else.

BIG PICTURE

Kansas State nearly aced its toughest test of the season, and may gain more in a close loss than it did in compiling a glossy non-conference record against low-level fodder.

Kansas has won two close games to open conference play, quickly finding that the path to its 13th consecutive Big 12 championship could be tougher than expected.

STATS AND STREAK

Kansas shot 53.2 percent while Kansas State shot 50.8 percent. … Each team had 33 rebounds. … Mason was 4 of 5 from beyond the arc but matched a season high with five turnovers. … Wade missed all three of his 3-point attempts. … The Wildcats only committed nine turnovers. … The 88 points are the second-most scored by the Wildcats in Allen Fieldhouse. They scored 91 on Feb. 7, 1962.

UP NEXT

Kansas State returns home to face former coach Lon Kruger and Oklahoma on Saturday.

Kansas welcomes Texas Tech to Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday night.

— Associated Press —

Missouri Western’s Chelsea Dewey earns weekly MIAA honor

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riggertMissouriWesternST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western’s Chelsea Dewey has been named MIAA Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week.  Dewey was vital for the Griffons in their upset win at previous unbeaten #19 Central Oklahoma.

The senior guard from Gower, Missouri scored a team-high 17 point and dished out a team leading six assists in the 67-57 win.  She was a perfect 3-3 from the free throw line and was 3-6 from the three-point arc. This is the first Athlete of the Week honor for Dewey and MWSU on the season.

Missouri Western returns home on Thursday, January 5 as they host #6 Pittsburg State at 5:30 p.m. in the MWSU Fieldhouse.

— MWSU Athletics —

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