By KAROLINA JURESIUTE
Senior Reporter
The Lady Rangers played their last non-conference game of the season Saturday afternoon against Friends University Falcons and won by 31 points.
Northwestern women’s basketball team is now 3-3 while the Friends University is 5-3.
Carly Craig led the team with 14 points shooting 50% from the three, Camille Thomas had 13 points and six rebounds, while Tegan Jones scored 12 points shooting 4-4 from the three-point line.
Kira Bass led the team in rebounds with nine and Kennedy Hight had the team high of six assists.
The first two minutes of the first quarter was scoreless for both teams until Thomas earned the first point from a free-throw line for The Lady Rangers.
Followed by Bass and Payton Jones’ points, the Lady Rangers were up by five points 5-0. The Falcons didn’t score until the sixth minute of the quarter.
Few possessions later, the Falcons were in the lead by one point, but that did not last for long and the Lady Rangers 6-0 run and finished the first quarter with a four-point lead 15-11.
The Lady Falcons managed to only score seven points in the second quarter. Payton Jones started the quarter with her first three and a foul shot.
The Falcons answered back with a three-point shot, but then The Lady Rangers went on a 6-0 run and had a lead of 11 points.
The Falcons scored two more layups but ended up trailing behind by 17 points after the first half of the game 35-18.
The Friends University started off the third quarter first by a successful three pointer and a layup and shrunk the Lady Rangers’ lead to 11 points.
The Lady Rangers went on another 5-0 run and extended the lead back to 21 points 51-30.
In the fourth quarter of the game, The Lady Rangers scored the most of 22 points out of all the quarters.
The Falcons tried to fight back and get back in the game, but The Lady Rangers just kept growing the lead and won the game by 31 points 73-42.
The Falcons made 31 turnovers while The Lady Rangers only had six.
The Lady Rangers are getting ready to start their Great American Conference play.
They will be back at home Tonight at 5:30 p.m. playing against Arkansas Tech University at the Percefull Fieldhouse.
Men’s team following at 7:30 p.m. Then they will face Harding University on Saturday at 1 p.m. and Southern Nazarene University on next Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at home.
On December 3, Camielle Thomas was announced as the Great American Conference defensive player of the week.
She recorded thirteen rebounds. eight steals, and two blocks in the final two conference games the Lady Rangers played.
Seven rebounds and three steals were recorded against Cameron University on Nov 20.
She also recorded five steals against Friends University, which was a career high for her. She sits sixth in the conference in steals with 2.3 per game.
Northwestern Women’s Basketball has had multiple players nominated for GAC player of the week, but Camielle Thomas is the first one this year to earn the award.
The women who have been nominated are Payton Jones, Kira Bass, Kennedy Hight, Jamesha Reece, Summya Adigun, and Carly Craig.
Thomas had not been nominated until this week where she won.
