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TOPEKA, Kan. - Tiara George scored a team-high 17 points off the bench in her Washburn debut to help head coach Ron McHenry to his 300th career win, 87-63 Saturday night over Missouri Western in Lee Arena.

21st-ranked Washburn improved to 10-3 and 3-1 in the MIAA and will take 13 days off before traveling to No. 22 Central Missouri for a 1:30 p.m. December 31 game.

McHenry improved to 300-63 (.826) in his 12th season at Washburn. The second winningest coach in NCAA Division II history by winning percentage, McHenry is the 37th coach to reach the 300 mark.

George sat out last year and the first semester this year after transferring to Washburn midway through last year. She went 8 of 9 from the field and hit a free throw for 17 points. She added six rebounds.

Cassie Lombardino had her eighth double-figure scoring game with 15 points. She went 6 of 10 from the field. Stevi Schultz reached double figures for the ninth time this year with 12. She was 4 of 8 from the field.

Sierra Moeller had a team-high 10 rebounds, reaching double figures for the sixth time this year.

Dana Elliott led Washburn with six assists off the bench, tying her career high. She was 3 of 4 from the field for eight points. Ebonie Williams had nine points and joined Megan Lassley with four assists each. Williams had a game-high four steals also.

The Griffons (2-7, 0-5 MIAA) held the lead or stayed close the first five minutes of the game. They led 6-2 before a 3-pointer from Schultz and two free throws from Lombardino gave Washburn a 7-6 lead.

The Griffons led two more times after that but a lay-up from Brittney Lynch at 13:43 gave Washburn the lead for good. A 9-0 run gave the Lady Blues a 10-point lead at 23-13 and then Lynch's jumper at the 5:17 mark pushed Wasburn's lead to 20. The Lady Blues went into the locker room up 41-25.

Brittany Griswold's 3-pointer to open the second half got the Griffons within 13 but they would get no closer. Elliott's 3-pointer at 10:43 pushed Washburn's lead to 30 and then a jumper from Williams pushed it to a game-high 32-point lead, 76-44 at the 6:32 mark.

Washburn shot 52 percent, eclipsing the 50-percent mark for the second straight time and sixth this season. Missouri Western shot 35 percent from the field.

The Lady Blues were 40 percent (6 for 15) from 3-point range and 65 percent (13 of 20) from the free throw line. Washburn won the rebound battle, 44-32 and had 17 turnovers while MWSU had 21.

Alex Saxen led the Griffons with 21 points. She was 5 of 9 from the field and 8 for 8 from the free throw line. Jessica Koch chipped in 18 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double.