Q Mays
Arianne Boma
79
Winner Northwest Mo. St. NMSU 15-1,15-1 Mid-America Intercollegiate
56
Missouri Western MW 8-7,8-7 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Northwest Mo. St. NMSU
15-1,15-1 Mid-America Intercollegiate
79
Final
56
Missouri Western MW
8-7,8-7 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Northwest Mo. St. NMSU 34 45 79
Missouri Western MW 16 40 56

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Griffons Lose at Home to No. 3 Northwest Missouri State, 79-56

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Missouri Western men's basketball team suffered its sixth straight loss Tuesday as they fell to No. 3 Northwest Missouri State, 79-56, inside the MWSU Fieldhouse.  The Griffons drop to 8-7 this season and Northwest improves to 15-1.
 
MWSU played the game without head coach Will Martin and assistant coach Tim Peete as Martin announced before the game that he tested positive for COVID-19.  Those two will miss the next three games for the Griffons as assistant Ty Danielson took over the head coaching duties on Tuesday and will for those games.  He was assisted on the bench by graduate assistant Weston Smith, women's head coach Candi Whitaker and women's GA Tori Schickel.
 
Missouri Western got off to a slow start Tuesday as they missed their first seven shots and fell behind 7-0.  The Griffons went back-and-forth with the Bearcat and were down 14-8 midway through the first half, but then Northwest went on an 11-2 run to build a 15 point advantage and they eventually led 34-16 at the break.  Missouri Western shot just 21.4% (6-28) in the first half and went 1-of-11 from behind the three-point line.
 
The Griffons got off to a hot start after halftime as they made five of their first six shots and went on a 13-4 run to pull within nine, 38-29, but that was as close as they'd get the rest of the way.
 
No. 3 Northwest made 11 of their first 16 second half shots in the second half and their lead grew to as many as 27 points in the second half as they won their 19th consecutive game in the series.
 
Missouri Western got outrebounded 40-28 and the Bearcats outscored the Griffons 40-16 in the paint.  MWSU has now been outscored 90-26 in the paint over the last two games.
 
Western shot just 34.5% (19-55) and 33.3% (7-21) from the three-point line.
 
Caleb Bennett and Q Mays led Missouri Western with 10 points each, while Tyrell Carroll added nine and Will Eames chipped in eight points and five rebounds.
 
UP NEXT
The Griffons continue their five-game home stand on Thursday as they entertain Missouri Southern at 7:30 p.m. inside the MWSU.  The game will air on the Griffons Sports Network (680 AM/95.3 FM) and the MIAA Network.
 
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