University of Northern Iowa Athletics
University of Northern Iowa
Wichita State
Women's Basketball Rolls To 59-49 Win Over Wichita State
1/8/2011 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 8, 2011
Jacqui Kalin led UNI (10-5, 3-1 MVC) with 12 points, and Katelin Oney, Rachel Madrigal and Amber Kirschbaum each scored nine. Erin Brocka finished with nine rebounds and five steals.
Haleigh Lankster led
WSU led 7-2 early on, but the Panthers scored the game's next eight points to go in front, 10-7. After a three from Morgan Boyd tied the game at 10, the Panthers held the Shockers scoreless over the next seven minutes to go on a 14-0 run and build a 24-10 lead.
A Shocker basket cut their deficit to a dozen, but UNI tallied the game's next eight points to stretch its lead to 32-12 with 2:42 left in the first half.
The Shockers cut the UNI lead to 12 twice early in the second half, including 39-27 with 18:14 to play. The Panthers went on a 10-1 run to stretch their lead back 21 points, 49-28.
The Panthers went on to lead by as many as 24 points, and UNI led 59-39 with 4:17 remaining. The Shockers scored the final 10 points of the contest to bring the final score to 59-49.
UNI shot 18-of-53 (34.0 percent) from the floor, including 4-of-18 (22.2 percent) from three-point range. The Panthers finished 19-of-21 (90.5 percent) from the free-throw line.
UNI held a 37-28 rebounding advantage. The Panthers turned WSU's 21 turnovers into 19 points, and the Shockers converted UNI's 14 turnovers into 15 points.
The Panthers return to action on Thursday when they play at Creighton.
