MONTICELLO, Ark. – The Missouri S&T Lady Miners dropped its second straight with a 76-37 loss at Arkansas-Monticello on Tuesday evening. UAM shot 43 percent for the game and was 10-for-22 from downtown.

S&T (3-2) started off slowly scoring two points in the first nine and a half minutes of the contest. The Cotton Blossoms (2-2) hit 8 of their first 17 shots to race out to an early 18 point lead.

The Lady Miner defense tightened holding Arkansas-Monticello scoreless for 7:30 and without a field goal for over eight minutes, but could only make a small dent in the deficit getting to within 20-8 on a jumper by Jamy Douvier (Sedgwick, Kan./Sunrise Christian Academy) with 5:17 left in the half.

The Cotton Blossoms countered with a seven straight points to push their lead to the largest of the half at 27-8 on a jumper by Nelsha Peterson with 1:12 left in the frame. Joe'l Bland (St. Charles, Mo./Homeschooled)'s layup on the ensuing possession got S&T into double figures and it had a couple of opportunities to cut further into the lead but were unable to finish on a couple of possessions.

The Lady Miners made just 5-of-21 shots (23.8 percent) in the first half and were outrebounded 27-16 including 11-0 on the offensive end. S&T turned it over 11 times in the frame resulting in 15 points for UAM. Douvier led the Lady Miners in scoring with four points.

The Cotton Blossoms shot 29 percent in the stanza but finished the half making just two of its last 17 shots. They were 4-of-12 from three and 3-of-8 at the foul line. Jordan Goforth led all scorers with nine points and had six rebounds.

S&T started the second half on a 5-2 run to trim the deficit to 14 points after a pair of free throws from Leigh-Ann Kesper (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville). That would be the closest that the Lady Miners got though as the Cotton Blossoms were on fire in the second half seemingly making everything they threw up at the basket.

The Blossoms held S&T scoreless for over five minutes and without a field goal for nearly eight minutes as they stretched their lead to 33 points and led by as many as 45.

The Lady Miners finished the game making just 28 percent of their shots (12-for-43) from the floor, was just 3-of-10 from three and shot only 53 percent at the foul line. S&T was outrebounded 51-to-31 and turned it over 17 times resulting in 21 points for UAM. Jamy Douvier (Sedgwick, Kan./Sunrise Christian Academy) and Brittany Andersen (Saint John, Ind./Andrean ) had seven points each to lead the Lady Miners while Kesper finished with six.

Jordan Goforth led all scorers with 26 points and was joined in double figures Nikki Mullen with 18 and Taylor Collins added 13 off the bench. The Cotton Blossoms bench outscored S&T's 25-11 and turned 18 offensive rebounds into eight second chance points.

The Lady Miners return to action on Thursday, Dec. 4, when they host Drury at 7 p.m. to begin Great Lakes Valley Conference play. The game kicks off another four-game homestand for S&T.