Box Score (Quincy, Ill.) – The 15^th ranked Quincy Lady Hawks proved to be too much for the Missouri S&T Lady Miners breaking open a tight game late in the first half with a 24-6 run on its way to an 86-66 win on Saturday at Pepsi Arena in Quincy, Ill.

S&T (6-13, 2-9 GLVC) took an early lead on a three-pointer by Elsie Greenwood (Breckenridge, Mo./Penney High School) off a pass from Senait McLeod (Miami, Fla./Coral Reef) to make it 5-4 three minutes into the contest. Quincy (17-2, 10-1 GLVC) countered with five straight points to regain the lead. It would stretch its lead to five points, but Karli Sample (St. Joseph, Mo./Benton) kept the Lady Miners within striking distance as she scored six of S&T's next eight points to trim the lead to 16-13 with less than 14 minutes to go in the half.

The Lady Hawks stretched their lead to 11 points with an 8-0 run behind three points apiece from Lucy Cramsey and Tori Kuhn. The Lady Miners responded with five straight of their own behind a three-pointer from Toni Knar (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) and a jumper from Leigh-Ann Kesper (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) to cut the lead to 24-18 with 10:54 left in the half.

That would be the closest S&T got the rest of the way as Quincy scored seven of the next nine points to push the lead back to double figures. Mia Wesley (Philadelphia, Pa./John Bartram) broke the string with a layup to cut the deficit to 31-22 with 6:36 to play in the stanza.

Quincy then dominated the rest of the half going on a 17-2 run over the final five minutes to build a 24-point lead at the half. It made six of its last nine field goal attempts which include three from behind the three-point line and added a couple of free throws.

S&T had no answer for Cramsey as she had 14 points, five rebounds and three steals in the half.

The Lady Miners missed eight of their final nine shots of the first half to finish the stanza shooting 30.3 percent (10-for-33). They were just 2-of-8 from three and 2-for-5 at the charity stripe. Sample and Kylie Cooper (Andover, Kan./Andover) combined for half of S&T's 24 points. The Lady Miners were outrebounded by a 23-to-20 margin.

Quincy finished the first half shooting 50 percent (17-for-34) from the field, was 6-of-12 from beyond the arc and 8-for-10 at the foul line. Cramsey led all scorers with her 14 points while Kara Gerbus dropped home 10.

The Lady Hawks extended their halftime lead to 30 points and held it there for the first nine minutes before S&T was able to get its offense going. The Lady Miners trimmed the lead down to 17 points with 4:03 left in the game on a basket from Wesley.

S&T finished the game shooting 41.3 percent (26-for-63) thanks to a second half that saw it connect on 16 of its 30 attempts (53.3 percent). It was 5-for-13 from the three-point line but converted on just 9 of its 16 attempts at the foul line. Cooper matched her career-high with 17 points to lead three Lady Miners in double figures. Wesley added 14 while Sample dropped home 12.

Quincy shot 51 percent (31-for-61) for the game and was 8-of-19 from beyond the arc and made 80 percent (16-for-20) of its free throws. Cramsey finished with 17 points leading three Lady Hawks in double figures while Gerbus dropped home 15 and Cierra Young added 12. Quincy outrebounded S&T by a 42-to-31 margin.

The Lady Miners continue their four-game road trip next Thursday when they travel to Springfield, Ill., to take on Illinois Springfield at 5:30 p.m.