Season-Best Three-Point Performance Not Enough as Roos Fall to Bengals

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Season-Best Three-Point Performance Not Enough as Roos Fall to Bengals

12/7/2024 4:20:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Kansas City knocked down a season-high six triples in the effort against Idaho State

KANSAS CITY - Kansas City Women's Basketball (3-7) fell behind early and could not mount a comeback against Idaho State (5-5) this evening, falling 67-50. The Roos trailed by double-digits for most of the first half but chipped away and cut the deficit to two before the Bengals closed the game on a 19-4 run.

Emani Bennett provided offensive firepower for the Roos, scoring a season-high 23 points to go along with three rebounds. Alayna Contreras joined her in double-digits with 12 points.

KEY MOMENTS

1Q - 6:24 / 4-7 | Em. Bennett got the Roos their first field goal of the day, faking a shot and using a dribble drive to get herself a pull-up jumper in the lane.
1Q - 0:00 / 8-18 | Idaho State built up a 12-point lead late in the first but on the last possession of the quarter, Contreras gave the Roos a spark. She used a screen from Tamia Ugass to open herself up and nailed the baseline jumper at the buzzer.
2Q - 5:05 / 18-24 | The Bengals scored the first five points of the second quarter, but the Roos responded with a 10-1 run of their own, capped when Lisa Thomas found Contreras for a triple.
3Q - 9:32 / 27-33 | After sitting on the bench due to foul trouble for most of the first half, Ana Oliveira Dias opened the second half by knocking down a triple on an assist from Contreras.
3Q - 4:28 / 34-44 | With time winding down on the shot clock, Emani Bennet tracked down a loose ball, stopped and popped from three and drained the shot to bring KC back within 10.
4Q - 9:27 / 44-48 | Elauni Bennett pulled down and offensive rebound early in the fourth and gave the Roos another chance, leading to a mid-range jumper from Em. Bennett to bring KC within four points for the first time since the first quarter.
4Q - 1:34 / 49-59 | Zaire Harrell finds Oliveira Dias to stop an 11-point Bengal run, but the damage was done and Idaho State took the win.

STATS TO NOTE

Em. Bennett's 23-point performance was her best of the season, also logging her first two three-pointers of the year. She has now gone for 20-plus points two times this year and five times on her career.
Harrell pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds this season with six coming on the offensive end. She had never gone for more than seven rebounds in the first 68 games of her career.
The Roos knocked down a season-high six three-pointers this afternoon, finishing 6-of-18 from beyond the arc. It is tied for the most threes that KC has made in a game since Jan. 27 of last season.

UP NEXT
Kansas City travels just down the road to Lawrence, Kan. for a meeting with the Jayhawks on Wednesday at 6 p.m.