Box Score | Season Stats

WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- The No. 17 Washburn Lady Blues had their eight-game winning streak snapped in the regular season final as Central Missouri won for the eighth time in their last 10 games in a 68-59 win over Washburn. Washburn will share the MIAA title, but will still be the No. 1 seed in the MIAA Tournament and  they will take on Missouri Western in a rematch of last season's title game at noon on Thursday.

Washburn (22-5, 14-4 MIAA) fell behind as many as 10 to start the game as the Jennies opened up a 14-4 lead 5:41 into the game. The Lady Blues worked their way back into the game eventually knotting the score at 23 with 3:24 left in the first half. Washburn took the lead at 25-23 on a Karla Tailele lay up. The teams would trade free throws and the Jennies would tie the score at 28 entering the break.

Washburn opened the second half taking a 3-point lead after Hope Gregory hit a 3-pointer putting the Lady Blues up 31-28. After a free throw and a 3-pointer by the Jennies, both teams suffered through a nearly three-minute scoring span with Washburn's Corkey Stiger breaking the drought with a pair of free throws putting Washburn up 33-32. The lead was short-lived as the Jennies took the lead for good at 34-33 as Rebecca Roberts hit a pair of charity tosses putting Central Missouri up for good.

Washburn sliced the lead back to  two points at 45-43 on a Jessica Mainz 3-pointer, but the Jennies went on a 9-1 run holding the Lady Blues within seven points the rest of the way.

Stiger led the Lady Blues with a game-high 19 points. Amanda Holmes recorded her 16th career double double and her sixth of the season with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Mainz finished with 12 points.

Lindsey Maple scored 16 for the Jennies hitting 9 of 10 free throws. Kara Flemming had 15 and Jojuana Jones had 11 before fouling out.

Washburn held a 39 to 31 advantage in rebounding. Both teams stuggled from the field as the Lady Blues were held to 19 of 55 shooting compared to 18 of 48 for the Jennies.

Washburn hit 17 of 25 free throws and the Jennies connected on 29 of 36 attempts - both season-highs for Lady Blues opponents this season.

Notes: The shared title in the Lady Blues' fifth MIAA Championship in the last six seasons ... Washburn is now 28-12 all-time against the Jennies ... the win was the first by the Jennies over the Lady Blues since a 58-51 win in Warrensburg on Jan. 19, 2002 ... it was the first loss in the last five games for Washburn in Warrensburg ... with 19 points, Corkey Stiger went over the 900-point mark in her career - she now has 901.