Nov 23, 2020

Missouri Western women fall to Northeastern State 84-72

Posted Nov 23, 2020 2:53 PM
Photo Courtesy of Missouri Western Athletics
Photo Courtesy of Missouri Western Athletics

The Missouri Western women's season-opening Oklahoma road trip concluded with an 82-74 loss at Northeastern State on Saturday.

The Lady Griffons, who are now 1-1, trailed most of the way in a close contest, but couldn't keep the RiverHawks off of the free throw line. NSU made 26-28 attempts from the charity stripe, which was the ultimate decider of the game.

Freshman Jordan Cunningham led the Griffons in scoring with 19 points (7-16 FG), 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Junior Asia McCoy added 14 points and 6 rebounds, while freshman point guard Camille Evans added 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.

Missouri Western's men were off on Saturday, following the postponement of their game.  The Griffons will get their chance to play Northeastern State in Tahlequah on December 8th at 3pm

Next up for Missouri Western will be a return home againstLincoln on December 3rd. Tip-time for the women is scheduled for 5:30 PM followed by the men's game at 7:30 PM.