February 21, 2015-The #13 Lady Hornets started the game with a 19-0 run on the way to a 73-54 win at Washburn on Saturday in Topeka. With the win Emporia State has secured a bye into Kansas City for the MIAA Tournament.
Addie Lackey got things started for the Lady Hornets with a three-pointer 22 seconds into the game. A Kelly Moten coast to coast layup made it 12-0 with 16:59 left and forced a Washburn timeout. A Moten three-pointer 1:50 later made it 19-0 and made the Ichabods burn another time out. Washburn finally got on the board when Felisha Gibbs scored with 14:51 left in the half.
The Ichabods cut the lead to 12 on a free throw coming out of the under ten media timeout when the Lady Hornets went on a 9-0 run to push the lead back to 21. Back to back three pointers from Lackey and Kathryn Flott gave Emporia State the biggest lead of the half at 25 with 4:41 left before settling in for a 43-23 lead at the break.
Washburn opened the second half on an 8-3 run to cut the lead to 15 at 46-31 with 14:35 left. Emporia State led 64-48 with 5:18 remaining when Moten, Quick and Lackey all scored in a 7-2 run to put the back over 20.
Moten had 18 points while Merissa Quick added 17 points, six rebounds and five blocks for the Lady Hornets. They were joined in double figures by Flott with 13 and Lackey with 11 points.
The next action for Emporia State will be a top 20 match-up with #7 Pittsburg State on Wednesday night in White Auditorium. Tip-off for the Senior Night game will be at 5:30 p.m.
Notes
Quick's five blocks give her 92 this season and she needs one more to tie Esmary Vargas Sanchez season record for the Lady Hornets.
