By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
The Washburn women's basketball team held a one-point lead at the end of the first quarter, but cold-shooting second and third quarters proved costly for the Ichabods in a 58-43 MIAA loss to Emporia State Saturday afternoon at Lee Arena.
Washburn (3-4 overall, 0-2 MIAA) jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead to begin the game, with Emma Chapman making a pair of layups during the opening run, but Emporia State (5-1, 1-0 MIAA) ended the first quarter on a 5-0 scoring run to trim the deficit to 9-8.
Washburn freshman Natalia Figueroa scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Ichabods in Saturday's MIAA loss to Emporia State. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The Lady Hornets took their first lead of the game 47 seconds into the second quarter with a jumper by Tre'Zure Jobe.
Washburn went back in front with five unanswered points, but Emporia State rattled off a 10-0 run in a 3-minute, 22-second span to go up, 20-14. Chapman converted on an old-fashioned three-point play, but the Lady Hornets hit a jumper with 22 seconds left to take a 22-17 lead into the halftime break.
In the third quarter, the Emporia State offense outscored Washburn, 23-7, to take a commanding 45-24 lead into the fourth quarter.
ESU shot 58.33 percent from the field (7 of 12) and went 8 of 11 from the free throw line and held the Ichabods to just 2 of 16 from the floor (12.5 percent) and 1 of 2 at the charity stripe. Emporia State held a 45-24 lead to going into the fourth quarter.
Washburn outscored Emporia State in the final quarter, 19-13, and had a 7-0 run and a 9-2 run in the frame, but it was not enough as the Ichabods lost the contest by double-digits.
Emporia State finished the afternoon shooting 35.3 percent from the field and limited Washburn to 28.1 percent shooting.
Both teams made five 3-pointers and Washburn had just one more attempt from beyond the arc than Emporia State.
The Lady Hornets made 21 trips to the free throw line and successfully made 17 of those charity shots while the Ichabods went 6 of 11. WU had one more rebound than ESU, 39-38.
Freshman Natalia Figueroa led Washburn with 10 points and added nine rebounds. Chapman was close behind with nine points and Yibari Nwidadah recorded a career-high in points with eight and in rebounds, grabbing a team-best 10 boards.
Jobe led Emporia State with 18 points and Stevie Stinchcomb chipped in 14 points, shooting 4 of 5 from the field with two 3-pointers and made 4 of 4 attempts at the free throw line.
The Ichabods will be back in action next Saturday, Dec. 10 at Rogers State.
EMPORIA STATE WOMEN 58, WASHBURN 43
Emporia State 8 14 23 13 -- 58
Washburn 9 8 7 19 -- 63
EMPORIA STATE (5-1, 1-0)
Paramore 1-9 0-0 2, Lakes 1-1 0-0 2, Jobe 6-13 5-9 18, Price 2-11 4-4 9, Hartman 3-8 0-0 7, Horyna 0-3 2-2 2, Beaty 1-1 2-2 4, Stinchcomb 4-5 4-4 14, Walsh 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-51 17-21 58.
WASHBURN (3-4, 0-2)
Chapman 4-8 1-1 9, Cassaday 0-0 0-0 0, Gamble 0-3 0-0 0, Dewey 3-11 0-0 7, Figueroa 3-13 1-2 10, Doebele 3-6 0-0 6, Artis 0-3 0-0 0, Schieferecke 1-5 0-0 3, Davison 0-2 0-0 0, Nwidadah 2-6 4-8 8, Broadie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-57 6-11 43.
3-point shots – Emporia State 5-18 (Stinchcomb 2-2, Jobe 1-4, Price 1-4, Hartman 1-3, Paramore 0-4, Horyna 0-1), Washburn 5-19 (Figueroa 3-8, Dewey 1-4, Schieferecke 1-2, Gamble 0-2, Artis 0-2, Davison 0-1). Rebounds – Emporia State 38 (Hartman 6), Washburn 39 (Nwidadah 10, Figueroa 9). Assists – Emporia State 5 (Jobe 3), Washburn 14 (Doebele 6). Turnovers – Emporia State 17, Washburn 21. Total fouls – Emporia State 19, Washburn 16. Fouled out – Chapman, Gamble. Technical fouls – none.
