Lady Blues hold off Jennies

Box Score

Jan. 17, 2001

The Washburn Lady Blues (8-6, 2-4) took a big lead, before surviving with a 65-64 win over No. 24 Central Missouri State (11-3, 4-2) Wednesday night.

The Lady Blues led 58-45 with 9:14 to go, when the Jennies rallied. Central capped a 17-5 run on Nicole Cassmeyer's layup with 2:23 left.

Washburn's Jovanae St. Cyr responded with a basket of her own to extend the lead to 65-62. The two squads went scoreless before Lori Nichols made it 65-64 on a jumper just outside the free throw line.

The Jennies forced a Washburn turnover and had a chance to win it before missing two attempts in the final seconds of the ballgame.

Kristy Chapman scored 16 of her career-high 22 point, including 11 of the Lady Blues' first 15 points in the second half.

Jennifer Butcher, St. Cyr and Crystal Walker each added eight for Washburn, while Jena Shackelford tallied 18 points for the Jennies.

Washburn is back in action 5:30 Saturday night at Lee Arena against nationally-ranked Missouri Western.