EMPORIA, KAN. – The Lady Rangers basketball team was back in action Thursday night against Emporia State University, and could not recover after a slow start. The Lady Hornets got the best of the Lady Rangers 83-44 in Emporia, Kansas.
The Lady Rangers got out to a slow start against the Lady Hornets as they lost the first quarter 27-7. ESU opened the game on a 7-0 run and never trailed during the game. NWOSU got as close as 7-5 after a 5-0 run. Emporia would answer that run with an 11-0 run opening up an 18-5 lead. The first quarter the Lady Hornets shot 45.83% along with hitting four threes opening up that lead. Meanwhile the Lady Rangers struggled to find a rhythm shooting 2-10 in the opening quarter.
The second quarter went well for the Lady Rangers as they won quarter 19-13 cutting into the deficit. Northwestern did this by shooting 50% percent from the field going 6 for 12. The defense stepped up as well holding the Lady Hornets to just 33% from the field.
The third quarter ESU made a statement offensively shooting 53% from the field and 57% from three, while holding NWOSU to just 21% from the field and 1-8 from beyond the arc. Emporia used a 9-0 run to open a 20-point lead and keep Northwestern away. Lady Hornets would win the quarter 24-9 opening a solid 29-point lead after three quarters of work.
The fourth quarter the Lady Rangers shot better going 60 percent on 3-5 shooting. Emporia though would hit six shots and win the quarter 19-9. Emporia would win the game 83-44 overall. ESU finished the game shooting 42.9% on 30-70 shooting to go along with 13 threes. Northwestern would finish 14-41 for 34.1% along with 4-16 from beyond the arc. The Lady Rangers were perfect from the charity stripe going 12-12 at the line.
The junior forward Bailey Brown led the way with 12 points, 9 rebounds and 2 steals. She was followed by Jakeria Otey led the way defensively having 4 of the 7 steals for the Lady Rangers; along with finishing the game with 11 points and 2 assists.
Mollie Mounsey led the way for the Lady Hornets finishing the game with 18 points and 4 rebounds. Jessica Wayne for ESU forced 8 of the 20 steals they had against NWOSU. This led to one of the biggest differences in the game, which was Emporia's advantage of 40-8 in points off turnovers.
Northwestern's record fell to 1-2 on the season and Emporia State improved to 2-1 on the season. The Lady Rangers were looking to rebound Saturday afternoon when they took on Newman University in Wichita, Kansas.
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