Lady Blues move into second place with 73-60 win

Feb. 4, 2002

JOPLIN, MO - The Washburn Lady Blues picked up a big South Central Region win on the road against the Missouri Southern Lady Lions 73-60. The win moved the Lady Blues to 15-5 and 7-4 in conference play. With the win, the Lady Blues move into a second place tie with the Lady Lions, but they would have the tie breaker after beating them in both meetings.

In the first half the Lady Blues shot 61 percent from the field hitting 16 of 26 shots including 3 of 5 from behind the arc holding a 13-11 advantage on the boards taking a 40-34 lead into the break.

Missouri Southern, keeping pace with the Lady Blues hit 50 percent of its shots hitting 13 of 26 shots - 5 of 8 from 3-point land.

Neither team led by more than six in the first half with six lead changes in the first half.

In the second half, the Lady Blues cooled off from the field hitting 12 of 30 shots, but were 8 of 11 from the free line while maintaining their two rebound margin. The Lady Lions would take the lead at 53-52 with 11:09 remaining, but the Lady Blues would go on a 8-0 run over the next 5-plus minutes to put Missouri Southern away.

The Lady Blues were led by Carissa Goeglein who scored 22 points on 9 of 14 shooting. She scored 12 of those in the second half. Crystal Walker scored 18.

Up next for the Lady Blues is Southwest Baptist University at 5:30 p.m. in Lee Arena. The last meeting in Bolivar, Washburn handed 85-5