The Northwest Missouri State women's basketball team had a dominating performance against Central Oklahoma as the 'Cats defeated the Bronchos 97-50.
 
The Bearcats improved to 14-13 overall and 9-12 in the MIAA.
 
UCO scored first possession of the game but then went on a 5:39 scoring drought while the Bearcats put up 12 unanswered points forcing a Broncho timeout with 4:04 to go in the first. During the scoring run by the 'Cats, they also forced 4 early turnovers.
 
Northwest led UCO, 19-4, at the end of the first quarter. The Bearcats shot 57.1% in the quarter while forcing 7 turnovers.
 
In the second quarter Central Oklahoma cut the Northwest lead to nine points, but the 'Cats responded with a 9-0 scoring run to open the lead back up to 35-17.
 
Lindsey Kelderman was on fire the entire half as she hit back to back threes to extend the Bearcat lead to 22 points with the score at 41-19 with 2:37 to go in the half. The threes were Kelderman's third and fourth of the night as she was a perfect 4-for-4 in the first half.
 
Northwest outscored the Bronchos 23-17 in the second quarter to take a 42-21 lead into halftime.
 
Lindsey Kelderman led the team with 14 first half points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field, 4-of-4 from deep, and 2-for-2 from the free throw line. Kelsey Field added 10 points and seven rebounds in the half.
 
The Bearcats were 16-of-29 from the field in the half at 55.2%, and 5-of-8 from beyond the arc at 62.5%. Northwest held the Bronchos to 9-of 27 from the field and 0-for-3 from three. Northwest outrebounded Central Oklahoma 20-13 in the half.
 
The 'Cats continued to dominate the game as they outscored UCO 24-17 in the third quarter.
 
Kelsey Fields recorded her fifth double-double of the season as she grabbed her 10^th rebound with just under four minutes left in the third quarter to go along with her 14 points.
 
Lindsey Kelderman set her new career-high in three pointers made in a game as she nailed her fifth three of the night to close out the third quarter.
 
The Bearcats drained five three-pointers in the fourth quarter as they outscored Central Oklahoma 31-12 in the quarter.
 
Northwest posted a dominant 97-50 victory over UCO. This is the most points the team has scored in a game this season.

Lindsey Kelderman led all scorers with a career-high 25 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field, 7-of-7 from three, 2-for-2 from the charity stripe, and tallied two steals. No other player in Div. II this season had made more than 6-of-6 attempts from three-point range. Kelderman has tied the Northwest school record for three-point field goal percentage in a game (minimum five field goals made) as her perfect mark of 7-of-7 joins Erika Schlosser's mark of 5-for-5 that was set Nov. 24, 2018.
 
Four other Bearcats hit double-digit scoring as Kelsey Fields was second on the team in scoring with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Fields was 8-of-10 from the field. Caely Kesten set a career-high with 17 points and a team-high five assists. Jayna Green added 12 points to go along with 4 blocks and two steals. Emma Atwood tallied 10 points and eight rebounds.
 
Northwest shot a season-high 54.7% from the field as the team made 35-of-64 shot attempts. Northwest also shot a season-high 60.9% from three in the contest. The Bearcats outrebounded the Bronchos by 15 and forced UCO into 18 turnovers.
 
As a team, the 'Cats were 14-of-23 from beyond the three point line for 60.9%. The last time Northwest shot more than 60% from three was Jan. 9, 2016, when the team shot 60.0% connecting on 9-of-15 attempts at Missouri Western.