Saturday, January 5
Kansas City, Mo. (Municipal)
4:00 p.m. CT
Kansas City
54
vs
68
Western Illinois
Kangaroos Can't Hold Off Westerwinds, Fall 68-54
1/5/2008 7:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Kansas City, Mo. -- Returning to Summit League action, UMKC squared off against Western Illinois on Saturday afternoon. After taking a two-point edge into the half, the Kangaroos couldn't withstand a late push by the Westerwinds, falling 68-54.
Lindsay Fields came up with a defensive stop for the Kangaroos on the first possession of the game, blocking a jumper from Gina Hugelier, but UMKC wasn't able to convert on the offensive end of the floor.
Both teams continued to struggle, with better than 2:30 elapsing before Western Illinois made the first field goal of the contest. The visitors built a 6-4 lead with 14:12 left in the half.
UMKC responded with a 8-0 run stretching just over three minutes. Alysa Klein capped the run with back-to-back rejections on Katy Davenport jumpers followed by a make on the other end.
Western Illinois answered with a 9-2 spurt of its own to retake the lead with 6:02 left in the half, but Sierra Radke drained a trey to put UMKC back in front 17-15 with just over five minutes left.
The Kangaroos would take that two-point cushion into the break, leading 26-24.
Hugelier tied the ballgame on Western Illinois' first possession after the intermission, but UMKC took the lead back with five unanswered points - four from Klein - over a 70 second spurt.
The Kangaroos would hang on to the lead until the 10:40 mark, as Hugelier knotted the game at 40-40 in the midst of a 7-0 run for Western Illinois.
Down the stretch, UMKC couldn't counter a hot shooting Western Illinois team. The Kangaroos hit just five of their final 15 shots as the Westerwinds missed just four of their last 13 to pull away. Turnovers also cost UMKC, as they coughed the ball up five times over the final 10:40.
Klein led the Kangaroos with 12 points, falling just one rebound shy of a double-double. Radke added 11 points and five assists in the losing effort for UMKC.
Davenport paced the Westerwinds with 17 points, while Hugelier and Amanda Walker chipped in 16 each. Stephanie Lovingood dominated the glass, pulling down 15 of Western Illinois' 43 boards, missing a double-double by one point.
The Kangaroos finished the game hitting at 35.0 percent (21-60) from the floor, with the Westerwinds bolstered by a 50 percent second half mark to a 22-53 (41.5 percent) overall mark. WIU was also solid from the charity stripe, hitting all 10 efforts in the second half en route to a 85.0 percent (17-20) mark for the game, besting UMKC's 53.3 percent (8-15) rate.
UMKC (7-7, 0-3 Summit) continues its homestand on Monday night, taking on IUPUI. The game is set for a 7 p.m. tipoff at Swinney Recreation Center.
Lindsay Fields came up with a defensive stop for the Kangaroos on the first possession of the game, blocking a jumper from Gina Hugelier, but UMKC wasn't able to convert on the offensive end of the floor.
Both teams continued to struggle, with better than 2:30 elapsing before Western Illinois made the first field goal of the contest. The visitors built a 6-4 lead with 14:12 left in the half.
UMKC responded with a 8-0 run stretching just over three minutes. Alysa Klein capped the run with back-to-back rejections on Katy Davenport jumpers followed by a make on the other end.
Western Illinois answered with a 9-2 spurt of its own to retake the lead with 6:02 left in the half, but Sierra Radke drained a trey to put UMKC back in front 17-15 with just over five minutes left.
The Kangaroos would take that two-point cushion into the break, leading 26-24.
Hugelier tied the ballgame on Western Illinois' first possession after the intermission, but UMKC took the lead back with five unanswered points - four from Klein - over a 70 second spurt.
The Kangaroos would hang on to the lead until the 10:40 mark, as Hugelier knotted the game at 40-40 in the midst of a 7-0 run for Western Illinois.
Down the stretch, UMKC couldn't counter a hot shooting Western Illinois team. The Kangaroos hit just five of their final 15 shots as the Westerwinds missed just four of their last 13 to pull away. Turnovers also cost UMKC, as they coughed the ball up five times over the final 10:40.
Klein led the Kangaroos with 12 points, falling just one rebound shy of a double-double. Radke added 11 points and five assists in the losing effort for UMKC.
Davenport paced the Westerwinds with 17 points, while Hugelier and Amanda Walker chipped in 16 each. Stephanie Lovingood dominated the glass, pulling down 15 of Western Illinois' 43 boards, missing a double-double by one point.
The Kangaroos finished the game hitting at 35.0 percent (21-60) from the floor, with the Westerwinds bolstered by a 50 percent second half mark to a 22-53 (41.5 percent) overall mark. WIU was also solid from the charity stripe, hitting all 10 efforts in the second half en route to a 85.0 percent (17-20) mark for the game, besting UMKC's 53.3 percent (8-15) rate.
UMKC (7-7, 0-3 Summit) continues its homestand on Monday night, taking on IUPUI. The game is set for a 7 p.m. tipoff at Swinney Recreation Center.
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