MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Missouri Western women's basketball team lost at Northwest Missouri State Saturday afternoon, 63-49, to drop to 3-10 this season.
 
It was a back-and-forth first quarter where neither led by more than three points, and MWSU led 14-13 at the end of one.  The game stayed that way until the final 3:30 of the second quarter as Northwest Missouri State used a 12-1 run to open an 11-point lead and led 33-24 at halftime.  The Bearcats tied a season-high with nine three-pointers in the first half in 20 attempts against the Griffon zone.
 
Missouri Western pulled to within seven points, 36-29, midway through the third quarter and had chances to cut into the lead, but the Griffs went just 1-of-11 from the field in the third and got outscored 8-5 in the period.
 
Northwest then put the game away early in the fourth quarter as they made their first six three-pointer of the quarter and built a 23-point lead.  MWSU rallied late with a 9-0 run but dropped both games to the Bearcats this season for the first time since the 2010-2011 season.
 
Northwest made 17-of-41 three-point field goal, which is eight more than their season high.  The Griffons shot 34.0% (18-of-53) from the field and made just 3-of-10 three-point field goals.
 
Mary Fultz led Missouri Western with 11 points off the bench, while Asia McCoy added nine points and six rebounds, and Camille Evans scored eight points.
 
UP NEXT
Missouri Western will be on the road Monday as they travel to #11 Fort Hays State for a 5:30 p.m. start against the Tigers inside Gross Memorial Coliseum.  The game will air on the Griffon Sports Network (680 AM / 95.3 FM) and the MIAA Network.