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Story Headlines
- The Northwest Missouri State University men's basketball team defeated Simpson College on Saturday, 85-53, at Bearcat Arena, in Maryville, Mo.
- Northwest improves to 12-0 on the season in the team's final non-conference game. The game was played as an exhibition for Simpson who is 5-6 on the season.
- Five different Bearcats scored in double figures as Northwest shot 62.7 percent from the field.
- The win pushes the Bearcats' home winning streak to 43 games and the overall win streak to 23 victories.
- View images from today's game on our Facebook Album.

Key Northwest Statistics
- The Bearcats hit 17 three pointers and outrebounded the storm 32-20. Northwest forced 15 Simpson College turnovers and had five blocked shots.
- The game featured just seven fouls and the teams combined to shoot 12 free throws.
- Ryan Welty hit six three pointers to finish with 18 points and four rebounds. He added three steals.
- Ryan Hawkins tied a career high with 11 points. He hit a pair of three pointers, grabbed four rebounds, had a steal, a block and added an assist.
- Brett Dougherty went a perfect 6-for-6 from the field, finishing with 14 points. He tied a career-high with six assists and grabbed three rebounds.
- Justin Pitts finished with 13 points and five assists. He hit three three-pointers and added a steal.
- Joey Whittus had 13 points, connecting three times from beyond the arc. He added two assists, a block, a steal and a rebound.
- Chris-Ebou Ndow had a game-high eight rebounds with nine points, one assist and one steal.

Key Northwest Sequences
- Down by two with seven minutes to go in the first half, Northwest went on a 10-0 run to take a lead it would never relinquish. Welty hit a three off a feed from Pitts. Dougherty and Witthus hit back-to-back layups and Welty closed the run with another long range bomb off a pass from Kurth, giving Northwest a 30-22 lead with 4:44 to play.

- With 17:45 left in the second half, Northwest put together another run, this time stringing together a 15-0 stretch. Dougherty hit a layup to make it 45-31. Pitts and Dougherty hit back-to-back three pointers. After Dougherty hit a pair from the line, Welty connected on his fourth three-pointer of the game to make it 56-31. With 14:08 left to play, Dougherty hit another layup to cap the 15-point run.

Up Next
- MIAA play resumes on Thursday, Jan. 4, as Northwest travels to Joplin, Mo., to take on Missouri Southern at 7:30 p.m.