Lady Tigers put it all together in 88-54 win over Northwest Kansas Tech

After three straight close defeats, the Cowley College women's basketball team made sure Saturday's home game against Northwest Kansas Tech did not come down to the final minutes of play as they blasted the Lady Mavericks' 88-54.

Cowley scored inside and out as they shot 50.8 percent from the floor and went 11-of-24 from three-point range. The Lady Tigers also out-rebounded the Lady Mavericks 53-29

"We played a complete game," Cowley head coach Todd Clark said. "It was a really nice win for our team."

The loss was the first of the season for the Lady Mavericks (3-1), while Cowley improves to 3-3 overall and 1-3 in the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division.

Cowley led just 13-12 after one quarter of play and was clinging to a 23-20 advantage midway through the second quarter before scoring the final 13 points of the half.

"That run to close the half was key for us," Clark said.

The Lady Tigers would score the first eight points of the second half and never looked back en route to the 34-point win.

Freshman Martyna Kowalska continued to be a force inside, finishing with a game-high 25 points and 14 rebounds on 10-of-13 shooting from the floor.

After missing the previous game due to injury, Lady Tiger sophomore Kalyne Daniels came off the bench to add 13 points and 10 rebounds.

"Kalyne and Martyna were huge for us," Clark said.

After not getting off a three-point attempt in Wednesday's 70-67 loss to Barton County, sophomore Seanna Boltz went 6-of-10 from three-point range and finished with 20 points.

"That is exactly what we need from Seanna," Clark said.

Northwest Kansas Tech's starting guard duo of Lauryn Vieira and Chloe Andrew entered Saturday's game averaging nearly 43 points per game combined. However, Cowley did a phenomenal job of limiting those two as they combined for only nine points on 4-of-13 shooting.

"I never would have imagined that we would hold them to nine points," Clark said. "They rely on them for nearly everything they do."

Cowley will next face Colby Community College Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Colby, KS. The Lady Trojans are currently 2-3 overall and 1-3 in the Jayhawk West following a 72-49 win at Allen on Saturday.

Box score:

NW Tech (54): Lauryn Vieira 3-7 0-1 6, Chloe Andrew 1-6 0-2 3, Alonna Harvey-Williams 5-18 2-2 16, Yverline Da Silva 3-10 0-2 6, Emmaline Rieder 1-3 0-0 3, Moniek Meeringa 7-17 0-0 18, Dinah Harris 1-4 0-0 2. Totals: 21-65 2-7 54.

Cowley (88): Milena Fromming 1-4 0-0 3, Ryley Beard 1-4 0-0 3, Baylee Fincher 3-11 1-2 9, Jayden Marlnee 0-3 0-0 0, Martyna Kowalska 10-13 5-6 25, Brittney Byers 1-2 2-2 4, Seanna Boltz 7-11 6-10 20, Kalyne Daniels 6-11 1-2 13, Shontrice Austin 2-2 2-4 6, Lucy Lally 2-2 0-0 5, Teagan Brouwer 0-0 0-0 0, Julia Michalik 0-0 0-0 0, Karolina Juresiute 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 33-65 11-16 88.

Three-pointers: NW Tech 10-33 (Meeringa 4-13, Harvey-Williams 4-10, Andrew 1-6, Rieder 1-2, Vieira 0-2), Cowley 11-24 (Boltz 6-10, Fincher 2-6, Beard 1-4, Fromming 1-2, Lally 1-1, Byers 0-1). Rebounds: NW Tech 29 (Da Silva 8), Cowley 53 (Kowalska 14). Assists: NW Tech 12 (Vieira 3), Cowley 19 (Fincher 6). Turnovers: NW Tech 15, Cowley 16. Total fouls: NW Tech 18, Cowley 10. Fouled out: none. Technicals: none.