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Southwest Baptist seized momentum against the seventh-ranked Drury Lady Panthers and rode that wave to a 93-82 win in front of a near-capacity crowd of 2,514 in the annual Bank of Bolivar Highway 13 Catfight in Bolivar on Tuesday night.
The Lady Panthers fell to 2-1 while the Bearcats improved to 3-0.
Drury owned a 53-45 lead with 3:07 remaining in the third quarter when the Bearcats would get three-pointers from Sydney Bandy and Morgan Henderson. Moments later, Morgan Strong’s lay-up tied the game at 53-53 and SBU hit free throws just before the end of the period to take their first lead since the opening quarter.
The Bearcats outscored the Lady Panthers 58-41 in the second half after Drury led by as much as 11 in the second period. SBU went 17 for 26 from the field in the second half and 5 from 9 from three-point range in the half.
Bearcats guard Megan Rosenbohm led all scorers with 26 points. The senior went 6 for 12 from the field and 14 for 16 from the free throw line.
Drury’s Heather Harman led the Lady Panthers with 23 points while Alice Heinzler had 16.
Southwest Baptist went 32 for 38 from the free throw line while Drury went 20 for 26. The Lady Panthers shot 37 percent from the field in the game hitting 28 of 76 shots and connected on just 6 of 30 three-point attempts.
“This was a fun atmosphere to play in but, obviously, was not the result we wanted,” said Drury head coach Molly Miller. “In terms of learning and moving on, I think there’s a lot we can take from it. I think we rushed some shots and I think we weren’t patient on some shots.”
The Lady Panthers play their first regular season home game on Saturday when they host Missouri Western State for a 1 p.m. game at the O’Reilly Family Event Center.
