Box Score | Season Stats

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. -- The No. 18 ranked Washburn Lady Blues led from tip to buzzer in an 80-75 win over the Truman Bulldogs. With the win, Washburn improves to 19-4 and 11-3 in the MIAA and will face Northwest Missouri on Wednesday in Lee Arena at 5:30 p.m.
Washburn blitzed the nets in the opening half connecting on 62 percent of their shots jumping out to leads of 22 to 6 five minutes into the game eventually reaching a 36 to 20 advantage with 8:06 to go in the half, but the Bulldogs sliced the lead back to five at 41-36 going into the halftime break finishing the opening period on a 16-5 run. Washburn was 18 of 29 from the field in the first half led by Renata Germano's nine points off the bench as she hit 4 of 6 field goal attempts to go along with a team-high six rebounds.
In the second half, Washburn scored the first eight points of the half stretching the lead to 13 at 49-36 with 17:29 to go in the game. The Bulldogs again rallied to cut the lead to seven at 55-48 with over 13 minutes to play in the game and eventually the Bulldogs would trim the lead back to five at 59-54 with 8:32 to go before Washburn pulled away to a double digit lead at 67-57 with 5:46 left.
With Washburn leading 75-63 with 1:47 left, the Bulldogs cut the lead as few as four on two different occasions but could not get any closer as the Lady Blues took the five-point win.
Corkey Stiger led the Lady Blues with her second straight 21-point performance with 10 coming in the second half. Janice Bright scored 10 of her 16 in the second frame after hitting 3 of 4 from the field and all four free throw attempts. Amanda Holmes scored 11 points.
Truman's Georgia Mueller finished with a game-high 25 points and ten rebounds.
Washburn shot 51 percent from the field for the game hitting 31 of 60 attempts compared to Truman's 24 of 55 (43 percent).
Truman edged the Lady Blues on the boards 33 to 30.
Washburn outscored the Bulldogs 46 to 24 in the pain and converted 17 turnovers into 21 points.

Notes: Washburn now leads the all-time series 34-8 over the Bulldogs ... the win was the 12th straight over the Bulldogs and the fifth straight in Kirksville ... Washburn improved to 127-2 when scoring at least 70 points under Ron McHenry ... the nine points scored by Renata Germano was a season -high ... the 31 field goals were a season-high ... Truman's 75 points were one shy of an opponent season high ... Washburn is now 11-6 all-time in Pershing Arena ... Amanda Holmes went over the 800-point mark in her career with her 11 points - she now has 811 in 89 career games.