SBU Drops Game To ESU
Emporia State 60, Southwest Baptist 55

BOLIVAR - Despite holding the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association's No. 1 scoring team to 21 points below its season average, the SBU Lady Bearcats could not hold off the Lady Hornets of Emporia State and dropped their first game of the season inside the confines of Davison Field House, 60-55.

SBU led 34-27 at the half, however, Emporia State outscored the Lady 'Cats 33-21 in the second period.

ESU took its first lead of the ballgame with 18:38 left in the game and the lead changed hand a few times before SBU regained it on a Jenny Miller jumper that made the score 38-37.

At the 15:53 mark, Amber Wheeler hit a three-pointer to make the score 41-37.

The Lady 'Cats led by seven twice after that, but at 6:18, Kristie McClain tied the game with a jumper.

At the 1:46 mark, McClain hit a free throw to put the score at 54-53. The Lady Hornets hit four free throws in the last 15 seconds to put the game away.

ESU outscored the Lady 'Cats 21-9 in the last 9:46.

The Lady 'Cats were four-of-16 from the field during that time, including 0-7 from the three-point arc. SBU shot 25 percent from the field in the second half (8-32), which includes a 12.5 percentage from the arc (2-16).

SBU was led by Alicia Mercer with 14 points. She had 10 points in the first half. Also scoring in double figures was Allison Ramirez with 12 and Amber Wheeler with 11.

The Lady 'Cats shot .389 from the field (21-54), .227 from the arc (5-22) and .800 from the line (8-10).

SBU returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 18 in Maryville against Northwest Missouri State at 1:30 p.m. Due to scheduling conflicts, the game will not be broadcast.

Boxscore - ESU 60, SBU 55