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TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Northeastern State women's basketball team used a strong defensive effort to defeat Southwest Baptist 60-47 Thursday evening inside the NSU Event Center.
 
The RiverHawks (6-6, 3-2 MIAA) were competing in their first contest of 2014, and they held the Bearcats (6-6, 1-4 MIAA) to their lowest shooting percentage since Jan. 22, 2011.
 
NSU was led by freshman forward Che'Ron Lewis, who finished with 18 points and eight rebounds. Senior forward Carrington Fox registered her first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
 
Northeastern State shot 38 percent (18-for-48) from the field, 27 percent (4-for-15) from downtown and 80 percent (20-for-25) at the line. Southwest Baptist shot 22 percent (15-for-67) from the field, 19 percent (5-for-26) from beyond the arc and 86 percent (12-for-14).
 
Jacqui Zelenka and Leann Lansdown both paced the visitors with 13 points each.
 
NSU outrebounded SBU 45-42 and held a 26-9 advantage in bench points. The 47 points scored by the Bearcats was the fewest since NSU held the team to 43 last season (Jan. 12, 2013).
 
Northeastern State led 25-21 at halftime and stretched its lead out to 34-24 eight minutes into the second half.
 
SBU got to within six at 51-45 with 2:17 to play, but NSU used a 9-2 run to close the game and earn the winning 13-point margin.
 
The RiverHawks will remain at home to face Missouri Southern State at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 11.
 
Scoring Summary
Southwest Baptist    21        26        47
Northeastern State   25        35        60

Northeastern State Coach Randy Gipson
Opening Statement…
"I'm proud of our team's effort in the first game back from break. It's been a long time since we've played; 19 days. It's hard to get game conditioning back until you play a game. We had to fight through some conditioning barriers and figure out how to play without our leading scorer. I thought the defensive effort was solid throughout. Offensively, we did just enough to stay ahead. We hit free throws coming down the stretch. Che'Ron Lewis had some big finishes down the stretch to keep the lead intact for us. I thought it was a good, solid defensive game for us. We had some stretches where we gave up some offensive boards, but we really played well on the defensive boards when we took control in the second half. It's a good win. Any win for us is a good win. Our kids pulled together, especially with a lot of freshmen playing a lot of minutes. They're starting to understand the intensity level needed to play in the league."
 
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