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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State men's basketball team fell to Missouri Southern, 77-65, Wednesday night in Joplin, Mo.
- The Bearcats are now 13-5 on the season and 6-4 in the MIAA, while the Lions improved to 12-6 and 6-3.
- Conner Crooker led the Bearcats with 15 points.

Northwest Highlights
- Making his first start of the year, Brett Dougherty scored 12 points and corralled seven rebounds.
- In addition to his 15 points, junior Crooker came away with four rebounds and dished out two assists.
- Junior guard Lyle Harris scored a career-high 14 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field. Harris made six of his eight free throw attempts.
- The Bearcats came away with 36 rebounds in the contest.
- Senior guard Matt Wallace scored seven points and grabbed seven boards.
- As a team, Northwest hit 19-of-25 shots from the charity stripe (76 percent).
- Players off the bench contributed 22 points for the Bearcats.

Key Sequence
- After trailing from the start, Zach Schneider drilled a three pointer to give the Bearcats a 15-14 lead with 8:25 left in the first half. Conner Crooker made a jumper after a Missouri Southern turnover, then hit a trey of his own to hand Northwest a 20-15 advantage. After Cameron Cornelius hit a layup and the ensuing free throw to close the gap to two, Anthony Woods layed in an offensive rebound to put the Bearcats back up by four. Moments later Brett Dougherty added a layup of his own to give the Bearcats a six point lead. The Lions then went on a 13-2 run to close out the period, heading into the break with a 31-26 lead.

Up Next
- The Bearcats will return to action next Wednesday (Jan. 28) when Lindenwood makes the trip to Maryville. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 following the women's matchup.