TAHLEQUAH – Northeastern State didn't have many answers to slow down Central Missouri's offense Thursday night as they fell 82-54 inside the NSU Event Center. 

The Jennies shot 59.6-percent (31-52) against the RiverHawks and were 8-for-11 from long range.

Maleeah Langstaff paced the RiverHawks for the seventh time this season with a career-high 25 points and recorded her fifth double-double on the season with 13 boards. 

Morgan Lee had 11 points and her sister Maegan Lee had eight points.

The RiverHawks led early but it was a 12-2 run by UCM in the final 3:47 of the first quarter and 20 unanswered points in the second stanza that set Northeastern State back 40-16 at the intermission.  

Out of the half, the RiverHawks opened up with a 7-0 run and cut the UCM lead down to 17. 

Central Missouri was led by Brooke Littrell who had 30 points with the Jennies improving to 13-6 (9-3 MIAA).

The RiverHawks shot 32.7-percent (18-55) and was outrebounded by six with 29.

Northeastern State (3-12, 1-8 MIAA) remains home to host Lincoln on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.