Turnpike Tussle Season Sweep for Lady Hornets over Washburn

February 25, 2023-In the final home game of the 2023 season the Lady Hornets led for 39:33 on the way to a 77-63 victory over Washburn in the Turnpike Tussle.
 
The Ichabods took an early 2-0 lead on a pair of free throws by Macy Doebele just 16 seconds into the contest. Tre'Zure Jobe and Victoria Price combined to score the next seven points to give the Lady Hornets the lead for good.  Washburn pulled within 18-16 with 3:38 left after an Aubree Dewey old fashioned three-point play.  Emporia State scored six points in the final 1:19 of the quarter to go up 24-16 after the opening period.
 
The Lady Hornets then used a 7-0 to go up 33-20 with 7:20 left in the second quarter and took a 41-28 lead into the half.
 
Emporia State was still up 45-32 with 7:50 left in the third when Washburn went on an 11-2 run to close within 47-43 with 4:17 to go in the quarter.  Ehlaina Hartman stopped the run with a three-pointer only to see Amaya Davison answer with a three of her own for the Ichabods. ESU scored the next eight points with Jobe hitting a three with 29 seconds left to push the lead back to 12 points. Doebele hit a three with just over three seconds left to make it 58-48 headed to the fourth.
 
The Lady Hornets used a 9-3 run capped by an old fashioned three-point play by Price to take a 67-51 lead with 5:48 remaining.  Washburn scored the next eight points to get the lead back to single digits at 67-59 with 4:26 left but the teams would trade scores over the next three minutes to give ESU a cushion.  The Lady Hornets would score the final with Maary Lakes scoring the final bucket with 14 seconds left to make it 77-63 as Emporia State swept the season series from Washburn.
 
Tre'Zure Jobe led all scorers with 30 points and added seven steals, four assists and four rebounds. She was joined in double figures by Victoria Price with 23 points.
 
With the win Emporia State secured the #7 seed for the MIAA Tournament and will take on #10 seed Central Oklahoma on Wednesday night.  Tip-off from Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City, Mo. is set for 8:15 pm.
 
NOTES
This was the first season sweep by either team in the Turnpike Tussle since the Lady Hornets won both games in 2019-20.
Tre'Zure Jobe now has 2,087 career points.