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Washburn University's women's basketball team led from start to finish Tuesday night at Northwest Missouri, cruising to a 56-43 MIAA victory over the Bearcats.
Washburn won its third straight game and improved to 10-10 on the season while Northwest Missouri fell to 7-13.
Freshman Mackenzie Gamble hit 5 of 8 shots from the field and finished with 13 points, while senior Hunter Bentley contributed 12 points and 8 rebounds and junior Nuria Barrientos had 9 points and 8 rebounds.
Washburn made its first three shot attempts of the game and jumped out to a 7-0 lead. A 3-pointer from Bentley put the Ichabods up 15-4 with 4:03 left in the opening quarter before the Bearcats put together a 6-0 run to cut the lead to 15-10.
Freshman Lauren Cassaday scored off an offensive rebound with four seconds left in the first to give the Ichabods a 17-10 first-quarter advantage.
The Ichabod defense held the Bearcats to just 5 points in the second quarter as Northwest Missouri made just 1 of 15 shots from the field, with Washburn extending its lead to 32-15 at the half.
Northwest Missouri used a 15-0 run to get back in the game in the third quarter, but the Ichabods still held a 38-30 advantage entering the fourth quarter and used a 7-2 scoring run to open up a double-figure lead that WU maintained for the remainder of the game.
Washburn shot 42 percent from the floor and made 6 of 12 from 3-point range while holding Northwest Missouri to 29.2 shooting. The Ichabods also out-rebounded the Bearcats, 40-23.
Molly Hartnett led the Bearcats with 13 points and four steals.
Washburn will play its final road game of the regular season on Thursday at Missouri Southern.
WASHBURN WOMEN 56, NORTHWEST MISSOURI 43
Washburn 17 15 6 18 -- 56
Northwest Missouri 10 5 15 13 -- 43
WASHBURN (10-10, 10-10)
Gamble 5-8 1-2 13, Dewey 2-6 1-2 7, Bentley 5-14 0-0 12, Barrientos 2-8 5-6 8, Doebele 3-7 1-2 8, Cassaday 4-7 0-2 8, Willey 0-0 0-0 3, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Glatczak 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-50 8-14 56.
NORTHWEST MISSOURI (7-13, 7-13)
McConkey 3-9 0-0 6, Hartnett 4-10 4-4 13, Kesten 1-6 2-2 4, Green 2-6 4-6 8, Fleming 0-5 0-0 0, Haggard 2-7 0-0 6, Stillman 1-2 0-0 3, Jordon 1-3 0-0 3, Horn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 14-48 10-12 43.
3-point goals -- Washburn 6-12 (Dewey 2-2, Bentley 2-5, Gamble 2-4, Barrientos 0-1), Northwest Missouri 5-24 (Haggard 2-7, Hartnett 1-3, Stillman 1-2, Jordon 1-2, Kesten 0-4, Green 0-2, McConkey 0-2, Fleming 0-2). Rebounds -- Washburn 40 (Bentley 8, Barrientos 8, Doebele 8), Northwest Missouri 23 (Stillman 7).
