Alnatas, McDavid Combine for 46 in Record-Tying Win

Tuesday, December 14

Kansas City, Mo.

12:00 PM

Kansas City

10-1,0-0Summit League

Santa Clara

5-3,0-0WCC

Santa Clara

Kansas City

Photo by: Ryan Weaver Photography

Alnatas, McDavid Combine for 46 in Record-Tying Win

12/14/2021 3:05:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

With the win, Kansas City tied the program record for longest-ever winning streak

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Women's Basketball laid claim to a program-record-tying 10th-straight win this afternoon, taking a commanding victory over Santa Clara, 69-62. Brooklyn McDavid dropped 26 points on the afternoon, while Naomie Alnatas added 20 of her own to go along with seven assists and five steals.

KEY MOMENTS

1Q / 8-7 | Paige Bradford drove the lane and hit a spinning hook shot to put the Roos in front midway through the first quarter.
1Q / 19-13 | Mandy Willems knocked down the Roos' first triple of the day, giving KC a six-point lead.
2Q / 26-16 | Alnatas found McDavid in the fast break for an and-one bucket, putting the Roos up by double digits.

2Q | You gotta be ready to run ?????
Brooklyn has 12 points already and forces a Santa Clara timeout before the free throw.#ROOUP | @anaya___ pic.twitter.com/OtTJtNbVrO
— Kansas City Women's Basketball (@KCRoos_WBB) December 14, 2021

2Q / 34-25 | After the Broncos cut the lead down to four points, Alnatas hit a layup, then took away her first steal of the day and found Willems for another triple.
2Q / 38-29 | Alnatas hit a floater in the lane for the final field goal of the first half.
3Q / 42-31 | McDavid pulled down an Alnatas miss and put it back to give Kansas City its largest lead of the day.
3Q / 51-42 | After Santa Clara cut the lead down to three points, the Roos scored six-straight. Four came from Alnatas, and Kiara Bradley capped the run with a steal and transition bucket.

3Q | What a beautiful sequence ??#ROOUP | @mimie_alnatas3 | @kikidogs21 pic.twitter.com/wIOtHMf4Na
— Kansas City Women's Basketball (@KCRoos_WBB) December 14, 2021

4Q / 55-48 | Alnatas posted her third steal of the quarter, leading to an easy transition bucket that put the Roos ahead by seven.
4Q / 63-52 | McDavid hit on a jumper, grabbed a steal and scored again on an assist from Willems to give the Roos some security midway through the fourth.

4Q | SHE CANNOT BE STOPPED.
Brooklyn has a game-high 24 points and is on a mission in the fourth.#ROOUP | @anaya___ pic.twitter.com/xlCj4li7oN
— Kansas City Women's Basketball (@KCRoos_WBB) December 14, 2021

STATS TO NOTE

Kansas City forced a season-high-tying 22 turnovers on the day, converting those into 25 points.
Alnatas and Bradley forced five steals each. That mark tied a career-high for Alnatas and was a season-high for Bradley.
All 69 of the Roos' points came from the starting five. The Roos' bench played a combined 17 minutes and only took one shot.
Alnatas's seven assists marked her fifth game of the year with five-plus.
The Roos knocked down a season-low three three-pointers, but outscored the Broncos 38-26 in the paint.
This marked the first game of the season in which the Roos won while being out-rebounded.

THE ROOS, QUOTED

Coach Jacie Hoyt

"Everyone wants to win, and loves to win. More importantly, this group hates to lose. It's fun not because we're winning, but because they're so bought in to each other. They're bought in to our mission, and that's what makes this whole ride so special right now."
"Kiara Bradley gets the least amount of credit, but quite honestly deserves the most sometimes. She played 40 minutes today, and only had four points but she had eight huge rebounds, huge steals and continues to guard the other team's best player. She's our unsung hero, so I wanted to shout her out."

Brooklyn McDavid

"I've enjoyed playing with Paige (Bradford), and going off of each other. I've never had another post I can do that with. And then knowing that if I pass it out, we've got shooters that are going to make the shot."

Naomie Alnatas

"I have a lot of fun with my teammates. You can see it sometimes, it's hard to not smile. Part of the game is to stay focused and locked in, but I can't help it, we're just a fun team."

UP NEXT
Kansas City will open up Summit League play next week, hosting South Dakota State next Monday at 6 p.m. before welcoming South Dakota to town on Wednesday at 2 p.m.