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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - Ebonie Williams and Stevi Schultz had big games scoring and rebounding as the 14th-ranked Lady Blues won 60-55 at Missouri Western Saturday afternoon.

Washburn won its ninth straight game and improved to 18-3 overall and 11-1 in the MIAA. The Griffons fell to 5-12 and 3-10 in the league. The Lady Blues return to action Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Truman.

Williams scored 19 points, coming one point shy of reaching 20 for the fourth straight game. Schultz added 16 as both players hit three 3-pointers. Schultz missed her second double-double of the year with a team-high nine rebounds. Williams grabbed seven.

Laura Kinderknecht and Sierra Moeller added eight points and Cassie Lombardino, rounding out Washburn's starting five, had three. The bench combined for just six points.

Washburn led by four at halftime and kept the lead for all but one instance in the second half. The Griffons completed an 8-0 run when Jessica Koch made a lay-up at the 10:53 mark that tied the score at 37-37.

Williams answered with four straight points that ended a 4:35 scoreless drought for Washburn. Her 3-pointer at the 3:25 mark pushed the lead to eight before the Griffons got within three twice, the last with 25 seconds remaining. Schultz made two free throws down the stretch to keep it a two-possession game.

Those free throws were Schultz' only two second half points as she went 3 of 4 from long range in the first half for 14 points. Williams came alive in the second half, getting 14 of her points then.

There were five ties and three lead changes in the first half but the Griffons never led by more than three. Jessica Koch, who scored 21 points for Missouri Western, hit a 3-pointer at the 13:05 mark to give the Griffons their final lead. After neither team scored for two minutes, Schultz hit a 3 that tied it. The Lady Blues pushed their first half lead as high as seven after that and led 28-24 at the break.

The Lady Blues shot .397, their lowest percentage since November 18, and they were only 35 percent from the free throw line (6 of 17). The Griffons were 38 percent from the field and 68 percent from the line.

Koch went 8 of 21 from the field, leading three total Griffons in double figures. She also led with nine rebounds.