Women's Basketball February 06, 2021 Emma Sporleder, Athletic Communications

Lady Rangers Will Host SNU This Afternoon

ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Women's Basketball will be back in action this afternoon against Southern Nazarene University. Tip-off is at 2 p.m. inside Percefull Fieldhouse against the Crimson Storm.

On Jan. 23 the Lady Rangers traveled to Bethany for the first time this season and finished behind SNU, 66-90. Kaylee Jo Neeley finished the game shooting 7-of-9 with 16 points and nine rebounds. Mya Johnson recorded double digit scoring numbers with 10 points from 4-of-10 shooting from the field and 2-of-4 from the free-throw line. Johnson also had a block, an assist and six rebounds.

Northwestern enters the contest 4-8 overall and 2-8 in GAC play.
OPSU 70-60 (W)
TABOR 57-54 (W)
OBU 65-56 (W)
@SWOSU 47-93 (L)
SOSU 64-75 (L)
@ECU 48-58 (L)
@OBU 68-62 (W)
@SNU 66-90 (L)
SWOSU 77-87 (L)
ECU 53-58 (L)
@SOSU 63-76 (L)
OBU 66-56 (L)

LADY RANGERS

The Red-and-Black are led by four players: Johnson, Bailey Brown, Neeley and Scout Frame.

Johnson averages 12.9 points from shooting 64.5% from the field along with 9.7 rebounds.

Brown is posting 11.4 points and 9.6 rebounds. She's draining 78.3% of her shots from the free-throw line.

Neeley averages 10.7 points from shooting 55.6% from the three-point line and 52.9% from the field.

S. Frame rounds out the leading scorers with 8.7 points and 4.2 rebounds. S. Frame completes 39.6% of her shots including 30% of her three pointers.

NWOSU team statistics (4-8) (2-8):
FG – 39.9%
3PT – 27.7%
FT – 66%
Points per game – 61.2
Rebounds per game – 41.8
Assists per game – 12.4
Turnovers per game – 20.9
Steals per game – 6.6
Blocks per game – 2.3

CRIMSON STORM

In their previous meeting, SNU shot an impressive 13-of-23 (56.5%) from the three-point line and scored 28 points off of Northwestern's turnovers. Alexus Jones led the way for the Crimson Storm with 23 points, five assists and six rebounds. Kennedy Gillette scored 15 points, stole the ball once and grabbed four rebounds. Gillette finished shooting a perfect 3-for-3 from the three-point line and 5-for-6 from the field. Emily Monaghan recorded 12 points, two assists and seven rebounds. Cassandra Awatt finished with 11 points, five rebounds and a steal.

SNU is 3-5 overall and 3-5 in the Great American Conference.
SWOSU 73-98 (L)
@SOSU 61-70 (L)
@ECU 60-73 (L)
NWOSU 90-66 (W)
@OBU 71-63 (W)
SOSU 62-75 (L)
@SWOSU 76-91 (L)
ECU 61-56 (W)

SNU travels to Alva coming off a win home win against the Tigers of East Central. The Crimson Storm fought off ECU on Thursday, winning 61-56.

Payton Jones leads Southern Nazarene in scoring, averaging 12.2 points and 2 rebounds. P. Jones is shooting 47.8% from the field and 50% from deep.

Awatt averages 11.9 points and 6.9 rebounds.

Monaghan posts 11.4 points with 3.4 rebounds. She's shooting 41.9% from the field.

Gillette is recording 10.6 points and 6.8 rebounds.

A. Jones rounds out SNU's double digit scorers with 10.2 points and 5.2 rebounds. She's completing 36.5 % of her shots from the field and 71.4% of her free throws.

SNU team statistics (3-5) (3-5):
FG – 39.4%
3PT – 32.7%
FT – 66.9%
Points per game – 69.3
Rebounds per game – 39.8
Assists per game – 11.4
Turnovers per game – 17.6
Steals per game – 8.5
Blocks per game – 4.5

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Players Mentioned

#23 Mya Johnson: C; 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior

#30 Bailey Brown: F; 6' 0"; Senior

#21 Kaylee Jo Neeley: F; 6' 0"; Freshman

#5 Scout Frame: F; 5' 10"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#23 Mya Johnson
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior
: C

#30 Bailey Brown
: 6' 0"; Senior
: F

#21 Kaylee Jo Neeley
: 6' 0"; Freshman
: F

#5 Scout Frame
: 5' 10"; Senior
: F