Bearcats Drop One At Home
Northwest Missouri State 80, Southwest Baptist 74

BOLIVAR - After winning five straight in Davison Fieldhouse, the SBU Bearcats (9-13, 1-13) have now dropped two straight in Bolivar with a 80-74 loss to Northwest Missouri State on Saturday.

The Bearcats were down 37-33 at the break, but used a 11-4 run to go up on the green and white Bearcats with 15:33 remaining in the game. The Bearcats later went up by seven with 9:13 remaining when David Coutchie hit one of his four three-pointers to put the score at 58-51.

Northwest Missouri State then went on a 10-2 run, capped off by a jumper from Austin Meyer that put NWMSU up 61-60 with 5:58 left. The SBU Bearcats were held scoreless from 7:57, when Ashley McCormick hit two free throws, until 2:34 when McCormick broke the drought with a three-pointer to make the score 69-63 in favor of NWMSU. Northwest made four of six free throws down the stretch and added a layup at the buzzer by Joel Yeldell to put the game away.

SBU was led by Coutchie with 23 points. McCormick added 20 and Ryan Stock 18 to the Bearcats' cause. Stock and McCormick led the team with nine rebounds apiece.

SBU shot .441 from the field (26-59), .391 from the arc (9-23) and .619 from the line (13-21).

NWMSU was led by Scott Fleming with 23 points, including 11-of-14 from the line. Also scoring in double figures was Kelvin Parker (17) and Jesse Shaw (17). Shaw led the Bearcats with eight rebounds.

SBU will return to action on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Pittsburg State in Pittsburg, Kan. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

Boxscore - NWMSU 80, SBU 74