Box Score (Rolla, Mo.) – The Missouri S&T Lady Miners held a 58-48 lead with 5:16 to play, but were outscored by Rockhurst 22-10 the rest of the way in its 70-68 loss to the Hawks on Saturday afternoon. The loss snapped S&T's 12-game home winning streak in the series and dropped it to three games under .500 for the season.

The Lady Miners (6-9, 2-5 GLVC) trailed by as many as 11 in the opening frame as Rockhurst (6-9, 2-5 GLVC) shot over 60 percent for a majority of the half. The Hawks hit 12 of their first 18 shots to start the game in building that 11-point lead. S&T cut the deficit to 32-25 by the break, but shot just 37.5 percent from the field. It was ice cold for a majority of the half going 6-for-19 in the first 16-plus minutes of the contest before making three of its last five before the break.

Jaaron Kassanavoid (Lawson, Mo./Lawson) and Mia Wesely combined to score 14 of the Lady Miners 25 points in the first half and were 6-for-11 from the floor. The rest of the S&T squad was 3-of-13 for 11 points.

Rockhurst was led in scoring by Mary Dineen with eight points while Kendall Hart added six more.

The Lady Miners got back-to-back three's from Toni Knar (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) in the first 90 seconds of the second half to cut the Hawks lead to 32-31. Rockhurst kept S&T at arm's length holding a four to six point lead for the next eight minutes. The Lady Miners used a 9-0 run five of which came from Kylie Cooper (Andover, Kan./Andover) to take a 43-40 lead at the halfway point of the second half. Knar's jumper gave S&T its first lead of the game since 7-6 at the 15:51 mark of the first half.

The Lady Miners held a four-point lead for the next three minutes then stretched its lead 10 points with an 8-0 spurt in a two minute stretch. It was S&T's largest lead of the game. After its hot start to the game Rockhurst missed 20 of its next 24 shots which allowed the Lady Miners to take that 10-point advantage. The Hawks stayed in the game due to its free throw shooting going 8-for-9 at the foul line during the first 15 minutes of the second half.

S&T was unable to slam the door shut on Rockhurst though as it responded with seven straight points to cut the deficit to three points more than a minute later. The Lady Miners stretched the lead back to six points, but the Hawks refused to go away and retook the lead on a long three-pointer from the right wing by Hart with 0:42 left. S&T tied the game on the ensuing possession as Karli Sample (St. Joseph, Mo./Benton) was fouled on a drive to the basket and hit both foul shots with 0:29 remaining.

Rockhurst held for the final shot and took a timeout with 0:14 left. Out of the timeout Taylor Skala drove the baseline on the right side and hit a floater over Cooper with 0:05.4 left to give the Hawks the lead. After a timeout by S&T, Wesley drove the length of the floor and tried to win the game with a three, but her shot was short and the buzzer sounded before the Lady Miners had a chance for a putback to end the game.

Rockhurst finished the game making eight of its final nine shots from the field to complete its comeback. The Hawks shot 49.0 percent (24-for-49) from the field, was 6-of-11 from beyond the arc and 16-for-18 at the charity stripe. Dineen led three Rockhurst players in double figures with 17 points while Hart and Lauren Meyers added 17 and 16 respectively. The Hawks outrebounded S&T by a 30-to-26 margin.

S&T finished the contest shooting 47 percent (23-for-49) from the floor thanks to a second half in which it made 14 of its 25 field goal attempts. It went 8-for-14 from three and was 14-for-18 at the foul line. Cooper led the way with 15 points and 10 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. Wesley and Knar had 14 and 12 points respectively while Sample dropped in nine points and had six assists.

The Lady Miners are back at home next Thursday to take on Maryville in a 5:30 p.m. contest.