Women's Basketball | 11/17/2012 4:41:00 PM
Box Score
North Newton, Kan. – The Lady Bulldogs are now on a three-game winning streak after taking down Haskell Indian Nations University 67-64 on Saturday. MC lost to HINU in the first game of the season so the win tastes twice as sweet.
McPherson jumped out to an early lead, getting up by double figures just a few minutes into the contest. The Indians would stay close but never overtook MC. The Bulldogs took a six point lead into halftime, leading 30-24. A poor shooting performance, going 8-of-30, by Haskell kept them out of contention in the opening period. McPherson hit on 12-of-32 from the field with
Brittany Pittas (Chicago, Ill.) leading the way with 14. The Lady ‘Dogs only took only four three-point attempts in the first half, well below their season average.
MC came out of the locker room and quickly extended their lead to double-digits but was never able to fully break away. The Lady Indians took their first lead of the game nearly halfway through the period but could only get ahead by three points. The two squads would go back and forth for the next few possessions but the Lady Bulldogs took the control back and led for the final four minutes, holding off any type of HINU assault. A last second shot by Haskell was off the mark, giving McPherson the 67-64 victory.
The Indians drained 15-of-27 from the floor for a 55.6 shooting percentage; only two three-point attempts were shot by HINU in the period, they missed both. Haskell hit their shots from the charity stripe, going 10-of-15 for the half and 16-of-22 for the game. McPherson shot a very solid 50% from distance, making 3-of-6 for the period and 7-of-14 for the contest; they were 13-of-30 from the floor, hitting 43.3% of their shots. A season-low 13 turnovers were given up by MC; they forced 17 from the Lady Indians.
Pittas took the top scoring spot for the Lady Bulldogs, bucketing 18 points on 7-of-18 from the floor and 4-of-10 from deep.
Ali Brewster (Milton, Kan.) had another solid day, hitting 6-of-12 and 3-of-6 from the charity stripe. Rounding out the double-digit scorers for MC was
Kaylee Cramer (Dighton, Kan.) who had 14, making it over 10 points for the first time this year; she also had a team-high seven rebounds.
Three players from Haskell scored double figures, they were led by Hali Logan who had 19 on 7-of-15 shooting. Sydney Jessepe hit all five of her free throws to help get her to 15 points. Coming off the bench, Lucinda Salabiye went 5-of-6 from the field and 1-of-1 from the stripe for 12 points.
McPherson’s next game will be their first home contest of the season. It’s scheduled for November 20
th at 6:00 p.m. (CT) against the Lady Pioneers of MidAmerica Nazarene University.
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