Griffons snap Lady Blues' home court winning streak

Jan. 29, 2003
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TOPEKA - The Washburn Lady Blues fell behind early and never caught up in their 60-56 loss to Missouri Western in Lee Arena Wednesday night. The loss snapped Washburn's 19-game home court winning streak and gave the Griffons their 11th straight win in the series.

With the loss Washburn (16-2, 7-2 MIAA) fell one game behind Emporia State (15-3, 8-1 MIAA) in the MIAA standings. Emporia State topped Northwest Missouri State 85-69 Wednesday night.

The Griffons took an early 8-0 lead three minutes into the game when Carly Lee canned her second 3-pointer of the game. Lee and Steph Jones each scored 11 points to help Western to a 41-28 halftime lead.

The Lady Blues closed the gap within 50-47 on Crystal Walker's two made free throws with 7:49 left. Walker added eight of Washburn's final 11 points and made it 58-56 with a baseline jumper with 1:01 left.

The Lady Blues got the ball back with 20 seconds left and had a chance to take the lead on Kristy Chapman's 3-point attempt that rimmed out.

The Lady Blues will now begin a three-game road swing with a 1:30 p.m. tilt against Truman State Saturday afternoon in Kirksville, Mo.