Lady Blues win fourth straight MIAA game against UMR

Feb. 9, 2002

TOPEKA - The Washburn Lady Blues won a fourth-straight MIAA contest with a 63-50 victory over Missouri-Rolla Saturday night.

The Lady Blues opened quickly, taking a 12-4 lead early on Crystal Walker's layup just four minutes into the game. Washburn continued its first half dominance with a 9-0 run to take a 26-9 lead, before taking a 34-17 lead at the half.

The Lady Blues had another run by scoring 11 straight to make it 51-25 with 11:09 left on Jovanae St. Cyr's break layup. The Lady Miners rallied but couldn't get within single digits the rest of the game to lose their 17th straight game.

Carissa Goeglein led the way with 14 points, while Walker and St. Cyr added 13 and 12 points respectively for the Lady Blues. The victory was Washburn's fifth straight in Lee Arena.

The Lady Blues are back in action 5:30 Wednesday night at Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Mo.