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2025-26 Emporia State Lady Hornets Kaitlyn Sanders vs UCM in MIAA Tournament
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50
Emporia St. ESU 15-15,8-11 Mid-America Intercollegiate
79
Winner Central Mo. CentMo 24-5,17-2 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Emporia St. ESU
15-15,8-11 Mid-America Intercollegiate
50
Final
79
Central Mo. CentMo
24-5,17-2 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Emporia St. ESU 15 11 19 5 50
Central Mo. CentMo 20 18 18 23 79

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Season comes to an end for Lady Hornets in MIAA Tournament

Emporia State falls to top seeded Central Missouri in MIAA Quarterfinals

March 5, 2026-Top seeded Central Missouri hit a season-high 14 three-pointers as the Lady Hornets fell 79-50 to the Jennies in the MIAA Tournament Quarterfinals.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Jennies got out to a 10-0 lead to start the game and led 12-2 three and a half minutes into the game.  The Lady Hornets responded with an 11-2 run of their own to get within 14-13 on an old fashioned three-point play with 2:46 left in the opening quarter. UCM went five of nine from the three-point line in the opening period and led 20-15 headed to the second. A 9-0 run put Central Missouri up 34-21 with 3:39 left in the half and the Lady Hornets trailed 38-26 at the break. The Jennies went 13 of 24 from beyond the arc in the first 20 minutes, eclipsing their single game season high for makes.
Emporia State would win the third quarter 19-18 to trail by 11 headed into the fourth.  Reese Schaaf hit a three-pointer to open the scoring in the final period for Central Missouri and Vanessa Coleman answered with a layup at the 9:08 mark to pull ESU within 59-47.  It would be the last field goal for the Lady Hornets as the Jennies went on a 12-0 run to take a 71-47 lead with 4:56 left. Emporia State would get free throws from Katiya Casey, Lexsey DeWitt and Macy Gandee  over the final nine minutes as UCM advanced with a 79-50 win.
 
A LOOK AT THE STATS
Kaitlyn Sanders scored 20 poitns to lead Emporia State and was joined in double figures by Vanessa Coleman with ten points.  The Lady Hornets shot 36.5% from the field and just three of 16 (18.8%) from the three-point line while the Jennies shot 49.1% for the game and 14 of 27 (51.9%) from the three-point arc.
 
NOTES
The Lady Hornets finished the season 15-15 overall, a five game improvement over last season and their first non-losing season since 2021-22.
Gracie Gilpin finished her Emporia State career with 1,053 points in 89 games to rank 28th on the Lady Hornet career scoring chart.  Her 226 made three-pointers ranks third all-time and are the most by a Lady Hornet that only played three seasons.


 
 
 
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