No. 3 Lady Blues go cold in 2nd half in loss at Emporia State
Release date - Feb. 17, 2007

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EMPORIA, Kan. - The No. 3 Washburn Lady Blues could not hold off a hot shooting No. 9 Emporia State Lady Hornet squad in the second half falling for the first time in five games 74-67 on the road. With the loss, the Lady Blues fall to 22-3 and 13-3 in the MIAA while ESU climbs to 18-6 and 11-4 snapping a two-game losing streak.
The Lady Blues led at the break 38-24 behind 52 percent shooting from the field as Brooke Ubelaker and Cindy Keeley led the charge scoring 13 and 11 respectively. Washburn opened the game up early thanks to a 17-2 run pushing the lead from 15-14 lead into a 32-16 lead with 4:13 remaining in the first half.
In the second half, Amanda Holmes scored the first points of the period for the Lady Blues pushing the lead to 40-24, but the Lady Blues would only hit three field goals over the next 6:23, but still led 47-42.
After bouncing between a 5- to 2-point lead over the next six minutes, ESU took the lead for good at the 4:21 mark. The Lady Blues cut it to 1 at 68-67 with 1:49 remaining on a Amanda Holmes free throw, but ESU hit a 3-pointer their next time down the court and 3 of 4 free throws in the final 20 seconds to secure the win.
Ubelaker scored 16 points and hit her 72nd 3-pointer of the season, snapping her school record of 71 set last season. Keeley finished with 16 points.
ESU's Michelle Stueve scored all of her 18 points in the second half and Cassondra Boston led the Lady Hornets with 20.
Washburn was outshot from the free throw line hitting 10 of 16 attempts compared to ESU connecting on 28 of 32 attempts.
Washburn will be back in action on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in Hays, Kan., before returning home for senior night against Central Missouri at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 24.