Box Score ROLLA, Mo. – In the first matchup of the season against Rockhurst the Missouri S&T Lady Miners were held to a season-low 34 points. On Monday night the Lady Miners nearly topped that total in the first half scoring 32 points and led wire-to-wire in their 61-47 win over the Hawks.

S&T (15-10, 11-6 GLVC) started out the game on fire knocking down five of its first six shots including three from beyond the arc building a 13-4 lead 4:22 into the contest. Rockhurst (7-18, 4-13 GLVC) got as close as 15-11 thanks in large part to Kendall Hart's play off the bench scoring five straight points in one stretch.

The Lady Miners essentially put the game away with a 12-2 run over a six minute stretch making it 27-13 on a free throw by Katelyn Heil (Dexter, Mo./Dexter) with 5:14 left in the frame. Heil had 7 of the 12 points in that run including a pair of 3-pointers.

The Hawks cut the lead to 13 points with less than a minute to play in the half, but Hailee Parks (Sullivan, Mo./Sullivan) knocked down two free throws right before the break to send S&T into the locker with a 32-17 advantage.

The Lady Miners shot 46 percent (11 of 24) from the field, 60 percent from three and was 4 for 6 at the charity stripe. Heil led all scorers with 10 points while Parks dropped in seven and Toni Knar (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) added five more. S&T turned 11 Hawk turnovers into 10 points.

Rockhurst shot just 25 percent from the floor (6 of 24), 33 percent from beyond the arc and was 3 for 4 at the foul line. Hart led the Hawks with nine points of the bench while Allison Streich dropped in four.

The Lady Miners held Rockhurst scoreless for the first six minutes of the second frame and extended their lead to 21 points before the Hawks broke through on a layup by Becky Squires. S&T pushed its lead to as many as 24 points when Kyesha Hall (Dodson, La./) hit a driving layup to make it 46-22 with 10:35 left in the contest.

Rockhurst answered with a 10-0 run closing to within 46-32 on a steal and score by Taylor Skala with 7:32 left. After a Lady Miner timeout they responded with seven straight points pushing their lead back over 20 on a three by Karli Sample (St. Joseph, Mo./Benton) with 5:03 left.

S&T kept the lead in the range of 15-20 points for the remainder of the way until a 3-pointer by Shelby Geiman in the closing seconds made it a 14-point final margin.

The Lady Miners took only 17 shots in the second half, making seven of them, but lived at the foul line going 14 for 20. They finished the game shooting 44 percent from the floor and behind the arc while shooting 69 percent at the foul line. Parks and Heil led the way with 12 points apiece while Sample dropped home 11. Parks also added 12 rebounds.

The Hawks shot 38 percent in the second half to finish the contest making 17 of 53 shots (32.1 percent) from the floor and was 6 for 14 from three (43 percent) and 7 of 11 at the foul line. Hart had nine points while Laura Wilson dropped home seven and Streich finished with six.

S&T concludes the regular season when it hosts rival Drury University at 5:30 p.m., on Thursday evening. It's also senior night for the Lady Miners as they'll honor seniors Taylor Jensen (Farmington, Mo./Farmington), Katelyn Heil (Dexter, Mo./Dexter), Kyesha Hall (Dodson, La./) and Hailee Parks (Sullivan, Mo./Sullivan) before the game.