Time runs out on Lady Blues
Release date - Jan. 27, 2007

Box Score | Season Stats

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - Amanda Holmes led the Lady Blues with 17 points but
after nine lead changes in the second half the second-ranked Missouri
Western Griffons defeated No. 3 Washburn 49-47 in a sold out MWSU
Fieldhouse. The loss in the Lady Blues' third top-10 matchup of the
year dropped them to 17-2 and 8-2 in the MIAA. The Griffons remained
undefeated at 20-0 and stayed atop the conference at 10-0 with the
regular season sweep.

Down by three with 13 seconds remaining, WU's Cindy Keeley missed a 3-
pointer. The Lady Blues got the rebound and Megan Sullivan was fouled.
The clock kept ticking after the whistle and was stopped with under a
second remaining. After it was sorted out one second was put on the
clock.Sullivan missed her first free throw and made the second,
putting WU down by two. The Lady Blues tried to foul on the inbound
pass but time ticked away for good and the Griffons held on.

Ubelaker scored 12 points and Keeley led the Lady Blues with nine
rebounds. Washburn shot 36 percent, their second lowest effort of the
year, but managed to out-shoot MWSU (33 percent). The Lady Blues were
3-of-24 from 3-point range with an 0-for-9 effort in the second half.

The Lady Blues started the game with three straight turnovers and
quickly fell behind by seven, 11-4 at 15:41. After settling down
Washburn was able to pull close on a 7-0 run to end the half and
Ubelaker's lay-up at the buzzer gave the Lady Blues the lead for the
first time.

Neither team came out on fire to start the game as Washburn was 11-for-
29 from the field in the first half for 38 percent shooting while the
Griffons shot 35 percent. The two teams combined to shoot 6-for-29
from 3-point range and just 1-of-6 from the free throw line as the
Lady Blues missed all four of their foul shots. Washburn turned the
ball over 14 times in the opening 20 minutes while MWSU gave it away
10 times. In the second half Washburn turned it over just four times.

The loss was the first on the road for the Lady Blues in 17 straight
MIAA games. They had won 16 straight before this and their last loss
on the road was 53-50 on January 22, 2005 at Missouri Southern.