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49
Northwest Missouri S NWMSU 0-1
73
Winner Northern State NSU 1-0
Northwest Missouri S NWMSU
0-1
49
Final
73
Northern State NSU
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Northwest Missouri S NWMSU 17 32 49
Northern State NSU 36 37 73

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's Basketball comes up short to start the season

Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State women's basketball team fell to #25 Northern Sate, 73-49, on Friday evening in Wayne, Neb.
- The two teams met in the MIAA/NSIC Crossover, hosted by Wayne State College.
- Ariel Easton led the Bearcats with 14 points.

Northwest Headlines
- After shooting 22 percent in the first half (7-for-32), Northwest came out of the break and outshot the Wolves 58.3 percent (14-for-24) to 57.7 percent (15-for-26).
- The Bearcats corralled 30 rebounds, 13 of which were on the offensive end.
- Northwest was 7-for-9 from the charity stripe, good for 77.8 percent.
- In addition to her 14 points, Ariel Easton accumulated eight rebounds, two assists, and two steals.
- After missing last season due to injury, Maggie Marnin came off the bench for the Bearcats and totaled nine points, going 4-for-5 from the field.
- Tember Schechinger added six points and four rebounds for Northwest.
- Making her first start in a Bearcat uniform, Samantha Hurst led the way defensively with three steals and a block.
- Fellow newcomer Taylor Shull contributed four points, two assists, and one rebound.
- Tanya Meyer came off the bench to score the first basket of the year for the Bearcats, which led to six points on the night.
- As a team, Northwest turned the ball over 14 times, compared to 12 for the Wolves.

Key Sequence
- After spotting the Wolves a 12 point lead, Tanya Meyer opened the scoring for the Bearcats after a pass from Taylor Shull. After a stop on the defensive end, Easton made a pair of free throws to close the gap to 12-4. The Wolves hit a free throw, followed by a second-chance layup by Hurst to make the score 13-6. Northern State went on to score nine of the next 13 points scored to extend the lead to double digits, where it would remain for the rest of the contest.

Up Next
- Northwest will continue play in the MIAA/NSIC Crossover on Saturday when it goes up against host Wayne State College at 4 p.m. The Bearcats will open their home schedule Monday, Nov. 17 when they host College of Saint Mary (Neb.) at 6 p.m.
 
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