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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University women's basketball team fell to Missouri Western, 78-57, on Saturday afternoon at the MWSU Fieldhouse in St. Joseph, Mo.
- Northwest falls to 7-11 on the year and 2-9 in MIAA play. The Griffons improve to 15-5 overall and 7-4 in conference action.
- Tanya Meyer scored a game-high 22 points with eight rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot. She was a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line.

Key Northwest Statistics
- Northwest shot 57.6 percent from the field (19=33) and converted on 5-of-11 chances from beyond the arc (45.5 percent).
- The Bearcats grabbed six offensive rebounds in the game and outscored Missouri Western 10-9 in second chance points. The Northwest bench also outscored the Griffon bench, 18-12.
- Caitlin Sudduth had a career-high 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting. She also added a rebound and an assist.
- For Meyer, it was the 12th game this season she has scored in double figures and the eighth time she has surpassed 20 points.
- Northwest trailed at the half, 32-31.
- Six Missouri Western players scored in double figures.

Key Northwest Sequence
- Down 20-16 with under a minute left in the first quarter, Arbrie Benson drove the lane and hit a layup to bring the game back to within two, 20-18. Carlie Wilhelmi provided the stop on the defensive end, picking up a block that Dentlinger was able to bring in. With five seconds left in the quarter, Benson got a screen at the top of the key and converted a layup to tie the game, 20-20, as the buzzer sounded.

Up Next
- Northwest will head to Jefferson City, Mo., to take on Lincoln at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2.