OWENSBORO, Ky. - Griffon Women's Basketball (0-2) fell to Roosevelt, 88-71, on Saturday at the D2CCA Tipoff Classic at the Owensboro Sportscenter.
MoWest led 19-18 at the end of the first quarter, but surrendered 32 second quarter points and trailed 50-33 at halftime. MoWest was outscored in the second 32-14.
The Griffons never recovered, as both teams scored 38 points in the second half. MoWest shot 38.8% from the field (26-of-67) and 7-of-24 (29.2%) from three. MoWest also shot 12-of-20 (60%) from the foul line.
The Griffons scored 27 points off of 18 Roosevelt turnovers, but surrendered 24 points off 16 turnovers of their own.
Mia Morel led the scoring with 16 points. She also had a team-best eight rebounds to go with three assists and a steal. Nakiya Harris had 14 points to go with six boards and two steals. Arianna Garcia-Evans scored 12 points to go with six boards, three steals and a team-best six assists.
Anna Finley and Zakiyyah Muhammad each chipped in 10 points. Finley had five boards and three assists. Muhammad had a block as well.
MoWest is next in action on Friday, November 13 in the MIAA/NSIC Crossover Classic in Kearney, NE. MoWest will face Northern State that day at 3 p.m. The game will be available to watch on the MIAA Network.
