ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Missouri S&T's women's basketball team struggled to find the mark from the field for much of the night Thursday as it dropped its Great Lakes Valley Conference contest with Missouri-St. Louis by the score of 72-47.
The Miners grabbed the initial lead in the game on a lay-in by
Katelynne Roberts (Edwardsville, IL/Edwardsville), but that would be the only lead the Miners would enjoy in the contest. UMSL went on a 8-0 run, capped by a lay-in by Mara Rieder, to take a 12-4 lead before a basket by
Morgan Luebbering (Jefferson Ciy, MO/Fatima) broke the run.
The lead grew to 13 for the Tritons by the early stages of the second quarter before the Miners got back-to-back three-point baskets from
Jada Lindesmith (Cincinnati, Ohio/Lutheran-St. Charles) and
Franchesca Metz (Downers Grove, IL/Nazareth Academy) to cut the lead down to seven. UMSL went back up by 10, but S&T got another three from
Addyson Kent (North Vernon, IN/Jennings County) with just under a minute to play in the first half, then two free throws from Roberts with 14 seconds left in the half to trim the margin to five by the intermission.
But when the second half began, the Miners went ice cold from the field and that allowed the Tritons to push their lead out. S&T did not score from the field during the third quarter – missing all 13 of their field goal attempts and scoring all four of its points from the free throw line – as the Tritons outscored the Miners 21-4 to end the period with a 53-31 lead.
The Miners (5-15, 2-10 GLVC) finished the night shooting only 28.8 percent from the floor and had two players in double figures as
Jada Lindesmith (Cincinnati, Ohio/Lutheran-St. Charles) led the way with 12 – going four-of-four from three-point range – and Roberts closed the contest with 10.
UMSL (8-10, 6-6 GLVC) had four players in double figures, paced by Mara Reider's 18 points.
Missouri S&T will face GLVC leader McKendree Saturday at 1 p.m. in Lebanon, Ill.
