Roos Blow Past Westminster for Season-Opening Win

Monday, November 7

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Roos Blow Past Westminster for Season-Opening Win

11/7/2022 2:29:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Four Roos dropped double-digit points, led by Rain Green with 20

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Women's Basketball opened the 2022-23 season on a high note, running past Westminster, 91-49. Rain Green led the way in her Roo-debut, dropping a game-high 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting and adding eight assists.

KEY MOMENTS

1Q / 6-0 | It took less than a minute for the Roos to jump out to a six-point lead following an opening basket by E'Lease Stafford, then back-to-back steal and scores by Sanaa' St. Andre and Rain Green. A five-point run by the Blue Jays would bring them back into the game.
1Q / 19-16 | After a Westminster miss with less than 10 seconds on the clock, Dani Winslow pulled down the rebound and found Green, who drove the middle of the court and hit a floater from the free throw line as time expired.
2Q / 24-16 | The Roos opened the second quarter on a five-point run, capped by a second chance bucket by Sanaa' St. Andre, pulling down a RaVon Nero miss and going right back up for her second basket of the day.
2Q / 35-25 | Following an offensive rebound by Winslow, Stafford used a screen from Jocelyn Ewell to drive the left side of the basket and pull up for a jump shot, extending KC's lead out to 10.

2Q | The screen by @jcewell531 sets up an easy pull-up for @eleasekstafford ??#FIREBACK | #ROOUP pic.twitter.com/C2iPDF35Pm
— Kansas City Women's Basketball (@KCRoosWBB) November 7, 2022

3Q / 48-32 | St. Andre drove all the way to the basket and put a layup in the hoop, drawing a foul for an and-one opportunity. She missed the free throw, but Machia Mullens was there to clean up the glass and put it back, extending the lead to 16.
3Q / 53-36 | Nero got her second field goal of the day, taking a hand off from St. Andre and quickly changing direction, driving to the hoop for a reverse lay-in.
3Q / 61-42 | Trinity Moreland notched her first-career points, taking a pass from Green and turning over her right shoulder for a hook shot that gave KC its largest lead of the day heading into the fourth quarter.
4Q / 70-43 | A nine-point Kansas City run was capped with a flair, as Moreland blocked a Bluejay shot, which Zaire Harrell saved from going out of bounds. Green recovered the ball, running the fast break and using a behind-the-back pass to find Stafford for an easy bucket.

4Q | Everything about this sequence was ??#ROOUP | @RainGreen23 | @eleasekstafford pic.twitter.com/PqSMRACsDy
— Kansas City Women's Basketball (@KCRoosWBB) November 7, 2022

4Q / 91-49 | A pair of free throws gave Zaire Harrell her first-career points and extended the lead to 42 points, where it would end.

STATS TO NOTE

KC's 42-point final margin of victory is the largest by the Roos since a 93-44 win over Baker on Dec. 8 of last season.
The Roos went for 33 field goals, their first time over 30 since knocking down 32 at Western Illinois on Feb. 5, 2022.
Kansas City outscored the Bluejays 54-14 in the paint.
Westminster was limited to just 22 points in the second half, KC's first time limiting an opponent to under 25 points in a half since a Feb. 14, 2022 win over St. Thomas.
Green (20), Tamia Ugass (10), Ewell (8) and Mullens (6) and Ava Murphy (2) all went for career-high scoring performances. In addition, Trinity Moreland and Zaire Harrell notched their first-career points.