by Ashley Watts, Sports Editor
The Lady Rangers used a dominate second quarter to get past the Eagles in this non-conference game 80-60. Northwestern was able to seal the victory from a 10-0 run to close out the game.
Northwestern took advantage of some key matchup in this game down in the post scoring 38 of their 80 points in the post. This comes from the Lady Rangers bringing down 12 offensive rebounds leading to 19 second chance points in the game.
Being outscored in the first quarter 66-130 the Lady Rangers looked to get out to a faster start. They did exactly that after three offensive rebounds in the opening possession Hurst drilled the three from the right wing gaining the first lead of the game. This would help the Lady Rangers jump out to a 12-7 lead overall. The Eagles closed the quarter on a 7-2 lead to even the score at 14 after the first.
The Lady Rangers opened the quarter with six straight points, four of them from Brown.The Eagles had a foul shot from Tyra Peck, but Brown buried a three pointer pushing the lead to double digits 31-20 which it never left. A Brown foul shot sent us to the halftime score of 34-22 after winning the second quarter 20-8.
Hurst help set the tone early in the second half making two quick shots to start the second half as the Lady Rangers wanted to make sure they did not let the Eagles have any comeback hopes. A Katelyn Schieber three-pointer gave Northwestern their largest lead of the game to point at 18 with 1:26 left in the third. In a quarter they end up winning by three to extend their lead to 15 after three built off of holding OC to just 35% shooting. NWOSU on the other hand shot 50% in the third on 8-of-16 and 3-of-6 from three.
With the Lady Rangers holding 15 points entering the final quarter they showed no signs of slowing down. The Lady Rangers finished the game on a 10-0 run in response to the Eagles bringing the game within 10.
The Lady Rangers never trailed in this game. It did feature two ties but the NWOSU quickly regained the lead both times. This non-conference matchup has been played in four straight seasons, now after the win the series is tied 2-2.
The Lady Rangers will be back at Percefull Fieldhouse Dec. 3. They will play against Bacone College at 5:30 p.m.