By Connor Gray, Senior Reporter
The Northwestern women’s basketball team is off to a hot start to the season.
The Lady Rangers played against Friends University and Kansas Christian College in their last two games in which Northwestern has outscored opponents 184 to 85.
The first game for Northwestern was Nov. 19 against Friends. Northwestern jumped out to an early lead and did not look back.
The Lady Rangers got a 5-0 lead and ended the first quarter with a 14-9 lead.
The next quarter, they got an 8-0 lead, and it was all Northwestern from there.
The Lady Rangers had control for the rest the game and won 73-39 to improve to 2-0 on the season.
Faith Simpson and Nikya Orange set the pace on offense for the Lady Rangers with 13 points, followed closely with 12 from Carly Craig.
Camille Thomas led defensively with eight rebounds. Talayah Thomas collected five assists.
The next game for Northwestern was Monday versus Kansas Christian, and the Lady Rangers had a dominant start.
The Lady Rangers jumped out on a 15-0 run and had a 35-4 lead at the end of the quarter.
Northwestern shot more than 50% in the second half to keep the blowout going.
The Lady Rangers eventually won the game, 111-45, to get their third win on the season after a dominant performance against Kansas Christian in a game where 16 Lady Rangers played.
Simpson set the pace on offense and defense with a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds.
Chelsea Lindsey followed in points with 12, and Orange followed in defense with eight rebounds. Craig also accumulated a double-double for the Lady Rangers with 11 assists and 10 points.
The Lady Rangers will open up conference play Thursday against East Central at home starting at 5:30 p.m.
The next games will be on Saturday in Shawnee at 5:30 p.m. against Oklahoma Baptist and Dec. 10 at home against Southern Nazarene at 1 p.m.