Lady Blues fall to No. 2 Griffons

Jan. 30, 2002

ST. JOSEPH, MO - The Washburn Lady Blues fell to the No. 2 ranked Missouri Western State College Griffons 72-64 on the road.

The Lady Blues (13-5, 6-4 MIAA) led at the break 29 to 27, but Missouri Western (17-1, 9-1 MIAA) opened the second half with a 11-3 run to take control of the game.

Carissa Goeglein led the Lady Blues with 20 points on 8 of 14 shooting. Crystal Walker scored 12 points.

Washburn shot 46 percent for the game and shot 51 percent in the second half hitting 15 of 29 shots, however the Lady Blues were hammered on the boards 35-27. Also in the second half the Griffons shot 19 of 22 from the free throw line compared to 3 of 6 for the Lady Blues. For the game the Lady Blues were 8 of 13 and the Griffons were 24 of 29.

Up next for the Lady Blues is Truman State on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in Lee Arena. In the first meeting between these two teams, the Bulldogs won 55-53 on Truman's Robyn Gerber nine-foot jumper in the lane with under a second left to clinch the game.