Women's Basketball | 2/22/2014 11:41:00 PM
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February 22, 2014-The #7 Lady Hornets shot 50.2% from the field on the way to a 70-53 win over Washburn on Senior Night at White Auditorium. With the win Emporia State set up a chance to play for the MIAA Championship on Wednesday at Pittsburg State.
The Lady Hornets jumped out to an 8-2 lead and never trailed in the contest as they defeated the Ichabods for the fifth straight time. Emporia State led 15-7 at the under ten media timeout of the first half when they went on an 11-3 run to push the lead to double digits. Washburn would not get closer than 14 points the rest of the night as the Lady Hornets took a 38-16 lead into halftime.
Emporia State went up by as many as 25 points in the second half as they improved to 25-2 on the year and 16-2 in the MIAA.
Merissa Quick led Emporia State with 13 points and 11 rebounds as she moved into the top 25 of all-time Lady Hornet scorers. She was joined in double figures by Kionna Kellogg with 13 points and Laura Patrick with 11 points with three made three-pointers. Rheanna Egli scored eight points and dished eight assists.
Emporia State is tied with Central Missouri for first place in the MIAA and holds the tiebreaker over the Jennies. The Lady Hornets travel to Pittsburg State, who is in third in the conference race at 14-3, on Wednesday. A win against the Gorillas will give the Lady Hornets their eighth MIAA regular season championship and the top seed in the MIAA Tournament in Kansas City.
NOTES:
Quick passed Kristi Nelson-Lackey for 25th on the Lady Hornets all-time scoring list and now has 1,034 points.Â
Patrick tied Amy Redmon for seventh on the Lady Hornets all-time made three pointer list with 153 made threes.
