Roos Lose a Heartbreaker on Senior Day

Saturday, February 25

Kansas City, Mo.

2:00 PM

Kansas City

7-22,3-15Summit League

South Dakota

14-15,10-8Summit League

South Dakota

Kansas City

Photo by: Ryan Weaver Photography

Roos Lose a Heartbreaker on Senior Day

2/25/2023 5:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Mensah, St. Andre and Stafford combine for 60-of-73 points in the loss

KANSAS CITY, Mo – In a tight game, Kansas City Women's Basketball (7-22, 3-15 Summit) fell to South Dakota (14-15, 10-8 Summit) 74-73. The Roos played their hearts out on Senior Day, but were edged by a USD layup with 5.2 seconds left. KC fought through the adversity of only having seven players as three were missed due to illness.

Kansas City played with great energy, finishing with a 52.8% shooting clip. They battled to the final buzzer with three players finishing in double figures. Manna Mensah led all scorers with 23 points, followed by E'Lease Stafford scoring 20. Sanaa' St. Andre was working on both sides of the court, ending with 17 points and five steals.

KEY MOMENTS

1Q – 7:46 / 4-4 | St. Andre intercepted a pass on defense, taking it all the way for the transition layup.
1Q – 4:40 / 10-6 | Ewell grabbed two offensive boards in the same possession translating into a St. Andre layup to extend the early Roo lead.
1Q – 0:51 / 18-16 | Stafford hit a three-point shot off the assist from Mensah to give the Roos a two-point edge near the end of the quarter.
2Q – 6:44 / 28-18 | St. Andre's two early steals helped the Roos get rolling in the second quarter. Stafford hit a tough, fade-away jumper at the end of the shot clock. Next possession down, Stafford made her second three on the day. KC scored the first 12 points of the second quarter.

2Q | No chance @eleasekstafford was missing that one ?? pic.twitter.com/DwT1m9TLir
— Kansas City Women's Basketball (@KCRoosWBB) February 25, 2023

2Q – 1:16 / 32-28 | Stafford spun in the lane for a turnaround jump-shot to snap a 10-point SD scoring swing.
3Q – 8:35 / 38-35 | St. Andre got the Roos started in the third quarter with an open jump-shot set up by the assist from Zaire Harrell.
3Q – 3:13 / 48-45 | Mensah scored eight-straight points for the Roos. First, Mensah hit a transition layup off the St. Andre steal and assist. Next time down, Mensah hit a contested jumper off the in-bound, and ended off the scoring run with a couple driving layups.
3Q – 0:00 / 56-53 | Mensah scored 12 points in the third quarter and capped it off with another contested jump shot as the clock expired.
4Q – 7:58 / 61-58 | Mensah opened the quarter scoring the first five points for the Roos with an open three-pointer and a deep jump-shot.
4Q – 2:57 / 73-67 | St. Andre had near identical, driving layups on back-to-back possessions. Next time down, Stafford was forced to shoot a last-second three to beat the shot clock giving them a late, six-point lead. South Dakota ended on a seven-point run to win the game.

STATS TO NOTE