by Athletic Communications
The Lady Rangers looked to bounce back after losing two consecutive games. In a hard fought battle on Nov. 16 Northwestern was able to prevail and hold on for a 68-66 victory behind Kenzi Lamer’s 32-point performance.
This game was close from the opening tip off. After teams would trade baskets the Lady Rangers opened the lead up to 15-9. However, the Jets would respond with an 11-0 run of their own to close the quarter and take a 20-15 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Northwestern’s defense stepped up big time to spark a successful second quarter. As they held Newman to a poor 3 of 15 shooting and a total of 8 points. While NWOSU hit four three’s in the quarter all coming from sophomore Lamer. After winning the quarter 14-8 the Rangers would go into halftime clingy onto a 29-28 lead.
Tasha Diesselhorst had the perfect halftime adjustments as the Rangers would open their largest lead of the game to that point at 52-42 during the third quarter. The defense held Newman to only 31.3 percent in the quarter. Rangers would win the quarter 23-14 building a 10-point lead going into the final quarter.
In the fourth quarter a new record was made by Lamer. At the 6:04 mark she would hit her 10th three pointer of the game which is the new record for the most three’s by an individual player in Northwestern history. She also tied the Great American Conference record with 10 which was set in 2016.
The win improves the Rangers to 2-2 on the season. They will get set to take on their next opponent Southern Nazarene.