Fourth Quarter Flurry Leads WBB Past Western Illinois

Monday, January 31

Kansas City, Mo.

6:00 PM

Kansas City

16-5,6-4Summit League

Western Illinois

12-8,3-6Summit League

Western Ill.

Kansas City

Photo by: Kansas City Athletics

Fourth Quarter Flurry Leads WBB Past Western Illinois

1/31/2022 9:09:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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The Roos used a 32-point fourth quarter to blow by WIU, led by Naomie Alnatas and Brooklyn McDavid

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A flurry of scoring in the fourth quarter led Kansas City Women's Basketball (16-5, 6-4) to a win over Western Illinois this evening, 74-66. The Roos outscored the Leathernecks 32-18 in the final frame, led by 13 fourth-quarter points from Naomie Alnatas. Alnatas and Brooklyn McDavid each broke the 20-point mark, scoring 22 and 21, respectively.

KEY MOMENTS

1Q / 3-0 | Alnatas knocked down the first points of the game with a triple.
1Q / 7-2 | McDavid scored four-straight points, finding her second bucket after a drive and dish by Paige Bradford.
1Q / 9-7 | Kiara Bradley pulled down a miss by McDavid, putting it up and in for a second chance bucket.
2Q / 15-15 | Coming out of the quarter break, Alnatas cut through the Western Illinois defense for a game-tying bucket.
2Q / 20-18 | McDavid pulled down a pair of offensive rebounds, eventually leading to a wide-open three-pointer for Mandy Willems.

Always nice to have @summithoops' best offensive rebounder battling on your side ??#ROOUP | @anaya___ pic.twitter.com/QT7vauq92l
— Kansas City Women's Basketball (@KCRoos_WBB) February 1, 2022

2Q / 28-28 | Bradford found Bradley cutting towards the basket to tie the game up.
3Q / 32-32 | Alnatas scored the first points of the quarter for the third quarter in-a-row, pulling up from outside the paint to score a pair.
3Q / 40-37 | Alnatas found Dani Winslow in the paint, putting the Roos up by three.
4Q / 44-48 | After falling behind to end the third quarter, McDavid got the first bucket of the fourth, sparking a 12-0 run for the Roos.
4Q / 49-48 | McDavid knocked down another free throw line jumper, giving the Roos the lead for good.
4Q / 54-48 | McDavid dished to Bradford for a step-through and finish in the paint to complete the 12-point run.

4Q | How about a 12-0 run to start the fourth?#ROOUP | @Paige_Bradford3 pic.twitter.com/ca33YqNLHg
— Kansas City Women's Basketball (@KCRoos_WBB) February 1, 2022

4Q / 69-63 | After an inbounds pass, Alnatas took a handoff from McDavid, knocking down the clutch three. The Roos would go 5-of-6 from the free throw line to ice the game.

STATS TO NOTE

Kansas City took control of the game with a dominant fourth quarter, missing just three shots and out-scoring the Leathernecks 31-to-18 in the final period.
McDavid scored 21 points, her sixth game this season with at least 20 points.
Bradford followed up Saturday's career-high 16 rebounds by grabbing 15 boards.
Bradley played every minute for the second consecutive game.
The Roos out-rebounded Western Illinois 46-to-27.
Alnatas maintained her Summit League scoring lead, dropping 21 points. She has now scored at least 20 points in nine of the last 15 games.

THE ROOS, QUOTED

Jacie Hoyt

"(Before the fourth quarter), I jumped them and told them 'Fight. You have to fight and you have to remember who you are.' I felt like we kind of forgot in the third quarter. When Brooklyn is being Brooklyn and Mimie is being Mimie, we really feed off of them. Mandy showed exceptional senior leadership."
"We have a couple of players who have been our go-to defenders and respond well when they know they have to defend players like Danni (Nichols). She's a really good player and we're probably not going to shut her down, we just want to make it hard."

Brooklyn McDavid

"Right before the game, (Assistant Coach) Patrick (Harrison) took me to the side and told me face up more and take my time on the drive. I think the last few games, I've been fading away and settling for jump shots. If I just go up for the shot, I can get free throws."

UP NEXT
The Roos take to the road for a pair of matchups with St. Thomas and Western Illinois this weekend.