Lady Blues fall in overtime to Lions

JOPLIN, Mo. - The No. 9 Washburn Lady Blues fell 63-60 to Missouri Southern in overtime. The loss drops the Lady Blues to 18-3 and 9-3 in the MIAA.

The Lady Blues led 29-22 at the break on 53 percent shooting, but were scoreless from the free throw line as the LIons hit 6 of 8 from the charity stripe.

The Lady Blues led by as many as 12 points in the second half and struggled in the overtime period as they were 1 of 5 from the field and 0 of 3 from the free throw line.

Brooke Ubelaker led the Lady Blues with a career-high 16 points. Carla Sintra had 11.