Box Score (Rolla, Mo.) – The Missouri S&T Lady Miners had its hands full with a game Missouri-St. Louis Triton ball club coming away with a 67-54 win over the Tritons on Saturday afternoon in Rolla. S&T saw a 12 point lead dwindle down to a basket but ended the game on a 16-5 run to secure the victory.

The first half was a see-saw affair featuring eight ties and seven lead changes. The Lady Miners (5-0, 2-0 GLVC) led by as many as seven with 8:43 to go in the stanza. The Tritons (3-3, 0-2 GLVC) continued to hang around and tied it on a Caitlyn Moody layup at the 6:14 mark.

The two sides continued to trade baskets until Taylor Jensen (Farmington, Mo./Farmington) put S&T ahead for good with a desperation shot as the shot clock expired. Hailee Parks (Sullivan, Mo./Sullivan) made it a five point game converting on an old-fashioned three-point play with 2:17 left.

Angela Johnson hit two free throws to make it 32-29, but Julie Meyer (Marthasville, Mo./St. Francis Borgia) countered with a pair of her own to keep it at a five point cushion. Kelly Carter cut the lead back to three, but Meyer sent S&T into the intermission with a five point edge hitting a jumper right before the buzzer.

The Lady Miners shot 50 percent (15-for-30) from the floor in the opening half and was led by Meyer with six while Parks, Kyesha Hall (Dodson, La./) and Courtney Kemp (Fredricktown, Mo./Fredricktown) had five apiece.

UMSL converted on 13-of-30 (43.3 percent) from the field and was led by Moody's nine. Kiki Robinson dropped home six while Devonna Smith added five.

S&T opened the second half scoring the first six points to take its biggest lead to that point 42-31 three minutes in.
The game stayed around a 10-point margin for the next eight minutes. The Tritons went on a 10-0 to cut the lead to 51-49 with 7:57 to play. Alexis Lawerence hit back-to-back three's to key the run.

The Lady Miners responded in a big way scoring nine of the next 11 points to extend the lead back to nine. Meyer's three from deep in the left corner was the dagger.

Robinson hit 1-of-2 at the line bringing UMSL back within eight but it wouldn't get any closer than that. S&T made seven free throws down the stretch and held the Tritons to two points over the final four minutes for the victory.

Kemp led the Lady Miners with 13 points while Meyer dropped home 11. Parks and Hall contributed nine each while Jensen added seven more. Meyer and Quintonia Evans (Evansville, Ind./) each had seven rebounds in the contest.

S&T shot 45.1 percent (23-for-51) from the field and outrebounded the Tritons by a 39-to-32 margin.

UMSL made 21-of-56 (37.5 percent) from the floor and was led by Moody's 16 points. Smith dropped in 12 while Lawerence added nine.

The Lady Miners conclude their three-game home stand this Wednesday hosting GLVC rival Drury beginning at 5:30 p.m.