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.
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
The No. 1-ranked Northwest Missouri State University men's basketball team rolled to a 30-point win over the Lincoln Blue Tigers Saturday at Bearcat Arena improving to 3-0 on the season
The dynamic duo of senior Ryan Hawkins and junior Trevor Hudgins took care of the majority of the scoring in the 84-54 home victory. Hawkins blitzed the Blue Tigers with 34 points and a team-best nine rebounds. Hudgins's efficiency led him to 19 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field and 2-of-2 at the line. Hudgins also made all five of his three-point field goal attempts and dished out a team-high five assists.
The Bearcats did not trail in the contest and saw the Blue Tigers tie the contest on only two occasions in the opening minutes. Northwest led by as many as 32 points as it knocked off the Blue Tigers for the 13th straight time. Northwest has won 29 of the last 31 meetings between the squads since 1999.
Northwest will return to the floor next Saturday in St. Joseph against the Missouri Western Griffons. Tip time has been changed to 1:30 p.m. for the women's game and the men's game will follow at approximately 3:30 p.m. at the Missouri Western Fieldhouse.