Box Score | Season Stats

HAYS, Kan. -- The No. 10 Washburn Lady Blues put five players in double figures cruising to an 83-60 win over Fort Hays State. Washburn (19-3, 12-3 MIAA) will look for their eighth straight 20-win season next time out when they travel to Warrensburg, Mo., to face the Central Missouri Jennies on Feb. 11.

The Lady Blues led by as many as 28 in the second half two different times after shooting 42 percent in the second half en route to a 33 of 68 performance for the game hitting 49 percent of their field goal attempts as the Lady Blues opened the half on a 12-5 spurt taking a 57-34 lead and the Lady Tigers would not recover from not climbing within 20 points the rest of the night.

In the first half, the Lady Blues scored 45 points, which was the most points scored in the opening 20 minutes this season. They scored 40 against Southwest Baptist on Jan. 7 in Lee Arena. Washburn was 18 of 32 from the field for a 56 percent average while hitting 6 of 14 from the 3-point range. The Lady Blues also committed only four turnovers. The Lady Tigers were 10 of 24 from the field for a 42 percent average and connected on 7 of 9 free throws compared to 3 of 4 for Washburn.

Janice Bright led the Lady Blues with 17 points with 12 coming in the second half while playing nine minutes. She led four other Washburn Lady Blues in double figures as Brette Ulsaker recorded a career high 12 points in 16 minutes of play. Stanecia Graham, Karla Tailele and Erica Brown all scored 11 points. The 11 points for Brown was a career high. Jessica Mainz recorded a career-high nine assists without committing a turnover. Three Lady Blues had five rebounds - Silovsky, Rodriguez and Graham.

Erica Biel had game-highs with 26 points and 14 rebounds. Kayla Klug was also in double figures for the Lady Tigers with 11 points.

Overall Washburn had 20 assists on the 33 made field goals and coughed up only four turnovers with all four coming in the first half going the final 20 minutes of the game without a turnover. Fort Hays State had 14 turnovers leading to 20 points for the Lady Blues.Washburn had 36 rebounds compared to 32 for Fort Hays State and outscored the Lady Tigers 42 to 14 in the paint and 47 to 4 in bench points.

Notes:
* Washburn is now 70-0 when they score at least 81 points under head coach Ron McHenry.
* Washburn leads the all-time series 37-25 and have won the last 12 in a row and the the last nine in Hays.
* The Lady Blues are 714-330 in the program's history.
* Washburn is 6-4 in the program's history on Feb. 7 and they are now 1-1 against the Lady Tigers on Feb. 7.
* Washburn has kept opponents under 100 in 306 consecutive games.