The Master's University women's basketball team led 42-40 after three quarters, but Lewis-Clark State opened the fourth with a 12-0 run and pulled away for a 65-51 win Friday night.
The Lady Mustangs (2-3) out-rebounded the Warriors 58-44 and grabbed 28 offensive rebounds, but they shot 24.4 percent from the field (19-of-78). Lewis-Clark State (4-3) blocked 14 shots, nine of them by Darian Herring.
Allie Miller led TMU with 12 points on 6-of-13 shooting and added seven rebounds and two steals. Alli VanKooten pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds, six of them offensive, and blocked three shots. Madi Brooks scored 11 points off the bench, hitting 3-of-5 from three, and Kylin DeVries had eight points, six rebounds and a game-high five steals.
Lewis-Clark State closed the first quarter on an 11-2 run to lead 21-13, and pushed the lead to 10 twice in the second quarter. The Lady Mustangs kept answering. Brooks hit a three and DeVries scored a layup at the halftime buzzer to make it 33-27.
TMU took over in the third quarter, holding the Warriors to seven points on 3-of-14 shooting. VanKooten and Miller scored early inside, Brooks hit a three and two free throws, and Ella Hoover tied it 39-39 at the line. Hoover then hit a three with 10 seconds left in the quarter to give TMU its first lead since the opening minutes, 42-40.
Lewis-Clark State answered with 12 straight points to open the fourth quarter and led 52-42 with 6:23 to play. DeVries had a three-point play and Miller scored on a layup to cut it to 54-48 with 4:28 left, but the Warriors scored the next nine points to put it away. They shot 8-of-11 in the fourth quarter, while TMU went 3-of-23.
Kaylee Cordle led Lewis-Clark State with 20 points and five steals. Kendall Wallace added 12 points, and Herring finished with eight points, 15 rebounds and nine blocks.
The Lady Mustangs face Eastern Oregon today, Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1:30 p.m. in Lewiston to close out the trip.