Women's Basketball | 12/15/2011 3:50:00 PM
November 11, 2011-The Emporia State Lady Hornets jumped out to an 11-0 lead on five of six shooting but shot just .339 from the field for the day as they fell to Newman 65-58 in Wichita on Friday night.
The Lady Hornets led 11-0 with 16:49 left in the first half before the Jets broke the string with a free throw at the 16:22 mark. The free throw would spark a 15-3 run to take the lead at 15-14 lead with 6:20 left in the half. Two Heather Robben free throws gave the Lady Hornets a 22-21 lead with 1:05 left in the half but the Jets scored the final four points to take a 25-22 lead into the locker rooms.
Newman would use a 10-2 run to push their lead to 11 points at 48-37 with 8:09 left in the game. ESU would cut the lead to five at 51-46 with 2:57 remaining but NU hit 12 of 15 free throws in the final 1:50 to seal their first victory over ESU.
ESU was led by Robben with 21 points and four assists, but she was the only Lady Hornet in double figures. Sarah Wood had a team high seven rebounds off the bench.
The Lady Hornets were just 2 of 21 from behind the three point arc and 18 of 29 from the free throw line as they dropped their season opener for the first time since 1995.
ESU is back in action on Tuesday when they take on Rockhurst at White Auditorium. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m.
NOTES:
The last season opening loss for ESU was an 83-78 loss at Ft. Hays State to open the 1995-96 season.
ESU hit two three pointers in the last 35 seconds to avoid going with out a made three pointer for the first time since Feb. 15, 2006.
The loss snapped a 12 game winning streak by ESU over Newman.
NU received two points when they were awarded free throws on the sixth common foul against ESU of the second half. There were two stoppages in play before the mistake was officially recognized so it was not correctable at that time.
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