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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Northeastern State women's basketball team lost an 84-73 decision to No. 8-ranked Central Missouri Saturday inside the NSU Event Center.
 
The loss dropped the RiverHawks to 5-6 overall and 2-2 in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, while the Jennies improved to 9-1 overall and 3-0 in the MIAA. The 11-point win for UCM was the team's second-fewest margin of victory this year.
 
Junior guard Fontana Tate tied her career high with 18 points. She hit a career-high five three-point baskets and added six rebounds. Fellow junior guard Chelsey Beathard added 13 points, senior forward Carrington Fox scored 11 and freshman forward Che'Ron Lewis chipped in 10. Fox registered her first double-figure scoring game of the season and the third of her career.
 
NSU converted 24 of 54 (44 percent) from the field, while hitting 9 of 21 (43 percent) from downtown and 16 of 19 (84 percent) at the free-throw line. The Jennies hit 26 of 53 (49 percent) from the field, 7 of 19 (37 percent) from downtown and 25 of 32 (78 percent) at the charity stripe.
 
Keuna Flax led all scorers with 22 points. BreAnna Lewis added 19 and Quinnecia Twine chipped in 13 for the visitors. Revonnia Howard finished with eight points, 11 rebounds and four blocks.
 
UCM held a narrow 39-38 lead at halftime, but NSU started the second half strong and claimed 53-47 advantage with 13:27 remaining.
 
The two teams went back and forth down the stretch and the RiverHawks found themselves leading the top 10 team 73-71 at the final media timeout. Central Missouri scored the final 13 points of the game to claim the 11-point victory.
 
NSU will now break for the holidays and will return to action at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 6 at Northwest Missouri State.
 
Scoring Summary
Central Missouri       39        45        84
Northeastern State  38        35        73

Northeastern State Coach Randy Gipson
Opening Statement…
"We made some mistakes execution-wise. We had some bad turnovers on key possessions. There were a couple of key defensive possessions where we got them to miss the first shot, but they got second and third shots. Our turnover numbers weren't terrible and our rebounding numbers overall were not terrible, but in key moments we broke down in those areas. That's fatal when you're in a tight game. It was a one possession game most of the way there in the second half. The first team that can get a few easy points is going to be in good shape, and today it was them."
 
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