TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn women's basketball team held a one-point lead at the end of the first quarter, but a cold-shooting second and third quarter proved costly for the Ichabods as they lost to Emporia State on Saturday afternoon, 58-43. The Ichabods will be back in action next Saturday, Dec. 10 at Rogers State.
Washburn (3-4, 0-2 MIAA) jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead to begin the game with
Emma Chapman making a pair of layups during the opening run. Emporia State (5-1, 1-0 MIAA) ended the first quarter on a 5-0 scoring run to trim the deficit to 9-8.
The Lady Hornets took their first lead of the game 47 seconds into the second quarter with a jumper by Tre'Zure Jobe. Washburn went back in front with five unanswered points, but Emporia State rattled off a 10-0 run in a three minute, 22 second time span to go up, 20-14. Chapman converted on an old-fashioned three-point play, but the Lady Hornets hit a jumper with 22 seconds left to take a 22-17 lead into the break.
In the third quarter, the Emporia State offense outscored Washburn, 23-7, and shot 58.33 percent from the field (7-of-12) and went 8-of-11 from the free throw line and held the Ichabods to just 2-of-16 from the floor (12.5 percent) and 1-of-2 at the charity stripe. Emporia State held a 45-24 lead to going into the fourth quarter.
Washburn outscored Emporia State in the final quarter, 19-13, and had a 7-0 run and a 9-2 run in the frame, but it was not enough as the Ichabods lost the contest by double-digits.
Emporia State finished the afternoon shooting 35.3 percent from the field and limited Washburn to 28.1 percent shooting. Both teams made five three-pointers and Washburn had just one more attempt from beyond the arc than Emporia State. The Lady Hornets made 21 trips to the free throw line and successfully made 17 of those charity shots while the Ichabods went 6-of-11. WU had one more rebound than ESU, 39-38.
Natalia Figueroa led Washburn with 10 points and added nine rebounds. Chapman was close behind with nine points and
Yiibari Nwidadah recorded a season-high in points with eight and in rebounds, grabbing a team-best 10 boards.
Jobe led Emporia State with 18 points and Stevie Stinchcomb chipped in 14 points, shooting 4-of-5 from the field with two three-pointers and made 4-for-4 at the free throw line.
