Box Score (Highland Heights, Ky.) – For the second time in three days the Missouri S&T Lady Miners fell in the closing seconds this time losing 61-58 at Northern Kentucky on Saturday afternoon in Highland Heights, Ky.

The Lady Miners (11-11, 6-8 GLVC) led for a majority of the first half after an early tie. They built a 16-9 lead on a three-pointer by Brittany Percival at the 11:04 mark. The Norse (17-6, 11-3 GLVC) rallied eventually cutting the lead to 18-15 behind a four-point play by Rachel Lantry and a lay-up by Whitney Levering.

S&T had the answer as Julie Meyer scored four of the next six points to extend the lead to 24-16 giving it its largest lead of the half.  It could have been more but Meyer went 2-for-5 at the foul line during that stretch.

NKU proceeded to score the next five points and cut it to a three-point game but Andrea Downs buried a long two right before the buzzer sending the Lady Miners into the locker room with a 26-21 advantage.

S&T converted on 44 percent (11-for-25) of its shots from the floor while holding the Norse to just 7-of-18 (38.9 percent) shooting. The Lady Miners were just 3-for-8 at the charity stripe while Northern Kentucky hit 6-fo-10.

Meyer had nine points in the frame to lead all scorers. Downs had six while Percival finished with five and Jazmine Bell dropped in four.

Kelsey Simpson, Brandi Rayburn and Lantry had four apiece to lead the Norse.

NKU turned it over 11 times in the frame while S&T committed just seven.

The Norse opened the second half with a 6-1 run to tie the ball game up for just the second time at 27 all not quite two minutes in.

Meyer gave the Lady Miners the lead back with a jumper and that basket sparked a 16-8 run over the next six minutes. She scored the first five points in the run then Bell and Courtney Kemp converted back-to-back layups extending the lead six.

After NKU closed to within four Bell buried a three extending the lead back to seven before D'Naya Mimscapped the run with a lay-up at the 11:56 mark.

From there the Norse scored 13 of the next 16 points to take their first lead of the night on a three by Sadie Bowling with just over seven minutes remaining.

Percival put S&T back up one with her second three of the night, but NKU went on a 6-0 surge building its biggest lead of the night at 54-49 with 5:01 to play.

The Lady Miners closed to within one on four straight free throws by Percival and Hailee Parks just 0:50 later.

Neither side scored for the next 1:30 until Casse Mogan was able to get into the paint and score on a layup to push the margin back to three.

After a missed three by Kemp, Bell stole the ball, went hard to the basket and scored on a layup and was fouled in the process. She converted the free throw to tie the game back up at 56 all.

The Norse regained a two-point lead on a Mogan jumper with 1:31 to play. Downs missed a three on the ensuing possession but Parks was there for the put back to tie it back up with just over a minute to play.

NKU regained the lead 0:20 later when Bowling converted on 1-of-2 at the foul line making it 59-58. S&T had an opportunity to regain the lead but a turnover gave it back to the Norse and the Lady Miners were forced to foul.

They fouled Levering with 12.4 left and she hit 1-of-2 at the foul stripe to make it 60-58. After a timeout by S&T, Bell drove to the basket and had a layup to tie the game that rimmed out and NKU got the rebound.

Lantry was fouled with 1.8 seconds left and she hit 1-of-2 at the line and the Lady Miners last ditch effort came up short.

Both teams shot the bell well in the second half as S&T was 10-for-19 (52.6 percent) from the floor and 10-of-12 at the foul line. The Norse shot 60 percent (12-for-20) from the field but were just 8-of-17 at the foul line.

Meyer finished with career-highs in points (17) and rebounds (8). Bell chimed in with 13 while Percival dropped in 12. Parks had nine rebounds for S&T.

Mogan had 16 for NKU and was joined in double figures by Lantry with 14 and Bowling with 10.

The Lady Miners return home for their final three-game home stand of the season beginning on Thursday night with a non-conference game against Lincoln starting at 7 p.m.