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PITTSBURG, Kan. – The Northeastern State women's basketball team lost a 68-53 decision to Pittsburg State Wednesday night inside John Lance Arena.
 
The RiverHawks (9-10, 6-6 MIAA) dropped their third-straight road contest to move back to .500 on the year in league play, while the Gorillas (14-6, 7-3 MIAA) have now won three in a row.
 
Junior guard Chelsey Beathard led NSU with 14 points on 6-of-6 shooting. Freshman forward Che'Ron Lewis added 12 points and nine rebounds, while junior guard Fontana Tate contributed 10.
 
Northeastern State shot 42.3 percent (22-for-52) from the field, 41.7 percent (5-for-12) from behind the three-point line and 57.1 percent (4-for-7) at the line. Pittsburg State finished 25-for-62 (40.3 percent) from the field, 7-for-18 (38.9 percent) from behind the arc and 11-for-14 (78.6 percent) at the free-throw line.
 
PSU was led by Lizzy Jeronimus, who finished with a game-high 21 points and nine rebounds. Cathy Brugman contributed 14 points and eight boards, while Antqunita Reed added 11.
 
Reed hit a jumper with 6:35 to play in the opening half gave the home team a lead (23-21) it would not relinquish for the remainder of the contest.
 
The Gorillas led 33-27 at halftime and were able to stretch their lead out to 18 in the second half before settling for the 15-point victory.
 
NSU will take a week off before playing host to Central Oklahoma at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 6 inside the NSU Event Center.
 
Scoring Summary
Northeastern State              27        26        53
Pittsburg State                     33        35        68
 
NORTHEASTERN STATE (9-10, 6-6 MIAA)
Chelsey Beathard 14, Che'Ron Lewis 12, Fontana Tate 10, Kate Bellamy 8, Carrington Fox 6, Courtney Cowan 3, Mya Walker 0, Sarah Sagely 0. Totals 22-52 4-7 53.
 
PITTSBURG STATE (14-6, 7-3 MIAA)
Lizzy Jeronimus 21, Cathy Brugman 14, Antqunita Reed 11, Alexa Bordewick 7, Hailey Roderique 6, Y'Cedria Devers 6, Deja Snell 2, Alex Muff 1, Morgan Westhoff 0, Ashli Burton 0, Kylie Gafford 0, Garrett Burton 0, Hadyn Herlocker 0, Paige Lungwitz 0, Brigit Hesser 0. Totals 25-62 11-14 68.
 
Northeastern State Coach Randy Gipson
Opening Statement…
"Pittsburg State has a good team. Our kids came in here and gave a competitive effort. I'm not disappointed in the effort. We played harder than we did in the last game. (Pittsburg State) is a good team that has a lot of weapons and they made some shots. We didn't make quite enough. We also had some careless turnovers. We let them get some second shots that we need to reduce as we go forward. Overall, I thought our team came to play. We played against a good team tonight that was ready to play. They got their All-American (Lizzy Jeronimus) involved well, and (Cathy Brugman) hit some shots."
 
On how the team stays motivated…
"We just have to try to get better. We have players that have good character. They want to play better and they want to win. We're just going to keep game planning and keep working on trying to be a good team."
 
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