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Maegan Lee
58
Northeastern St. NE 5-20,3-15 Mid-America Intercollegiate
67
Winner Fort Hays St. FHSU 20-6,11-6 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Northeastern St. NE
5-20,3-15 Mid-America Intercollegiate
58
Final
67
Fort Hays St. FHSU
20-6,11-6 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Northeastern St. NE 7 12 21 18 58
Fort Hays St. FHSU 19 11 20 17 67

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

RiverHawks battle Tigers, fall in closing minutes

HAYS, Kan. – The NSU women's basketball team played Fort Hays State hard on Saturday afternoon, but couldn't pull off the win, falling 67-58 inside Gross Memorial Coliseum.

Maegan Lee led Northeastern State with 16 points, shooting 6-10 from the field. Cenia Hayes scored nine points and pulled seven rebounds. Morgan Hellyer also had seven rebounds along with five points on the game.

The RiverHawks came out of the gate slow, as they shot just 16% from the field in the first quarter. The Tigers opened the game on a 6-0 run, as NSU didn't get on the board until Cielo McClain hit a free throw at the 8:10 mark. She would hit a layup 40 seconds later to bring the RiverHawks to within three. The Tigers would end the quarter on a 13-4 run to take a 19-7 lead.

The Tigers carried their momentum into the second quarter, opening up a 16-point lead just two minutes in. The RiverHawks started to fight back, as Tree Brooks hit a pair of free throws before Morgan Lee drilled a three. NSU would get hot near the end of the quarter, as McClain hit a layup with 2:45 left to cut it to a 13-point lead and Shae Sanchez hit a jumper with 1:30 left to bring make it a 30-19 game.

Northeastern State shot well in the third quarter, going 9-for-17 from the field. Brooks came up with a big bucket at the 5:18 mark that brought the Fort Hays lead into single digits. The teams would trade buckets for the remainder of the quarter, with NSU getting the final basket of the quarter when Britney Ho hit a jumper in the closing seconds.

NSU kept things close in the fourth, as Hayes hit a three with 8:28 left to cut the Tigers lead to nine. After Fort Hays hit a layup, Hayes would draw a foul and hit both free throws. NSU got to within seven with 2:59 to go when Lee hit a jumper from inside the paint, but Fort Hays would hit four straight free throws in the closing second to secure the win.

The loss drops NSU to 5-20 on the season, with a 3-15 mark in MIAA play. The Tigers improve to 20-6, with an 11-6 record in conference action

The RiverHawks will wrap up the season on Thursday night when they travel to Emporia, Kan. to face Emporia State.
 
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