Lady Blues shine in McHenry's debut

Box Score

Nov. 18, 2000

Washburn Lady Blues head coach Ron McHenry made his coaching debut a good one, as the Lady Blues topped Bethany 73-59 in Lee Arena Saturday night.

After Amy Scardina's 3-pointer gave Bethany a 22-18 lead with 4:26 left in the first half, the Lady Blues errupted for a 11-0 run to end the half. Sharina Watkins capped the scoring with a jumper with 10 seconds to go to give WU a 29-22 halftime lead.

Washburn kept it going to open the second half. Bethany McGraw opened with five of the first seven points in the half, including a 3-pointer from the wing.

Jodi Rausch came on strong by scoring 14 of her team-high 20 points in the second half, while Kristy Chapman scored a career-high 16 points off the bench. Rausch finished the game 7 of 8 from the field and 8 of 8 from the foul line.

The Lady Blues are back in action Thankgiving night in Cancun, Mexico 3:30 against Hillsdale College. You can hear all the action on KWIC 99.3 FM will the voice Ron Simon.