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The Northwest Missouri State women's basketball team improved to 2-2 on the season with an 85-55 win over Lincoln University. This was the most points scored by the Bearcat women in MIAA play since a 98-77 victory over Lincoln on February 25, 2017.

The Bearcats overcame a slow start by opening the second quarter with an 11-4 scoring run with five points from Molly Hartnett and four from Emma Atwood.  The Bearcats also shot 66 percent in the period to take a 42-19 lead into halftime.

In the third period, the Bearcats continued their offensive success by scoring 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the floor. Atwood and Mallory McConkey each contributed six points in the quarter. Northwest closed out the game with 20 points in the fourth quarter while holding Lincoln to just 27 percent shooting from the floor.

Five Bearcats scored in double figures for the first time since a 2016 win over Henderson State. Atwood's career high 16 points carried Northwest, followed by Kylie Coleman (14 points), Hartnett (12 points), McConkey (11 points), and Mia Stillman (10 points).

McConkey also edged a triple-double with eight assists and seven rebounds to lead Northwest.

The Bearcats take on Drake University in an exhibition match up in Des Moines next Thursday at 6 p.m.