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ST. LOUIS - Mary Slaughter scored a career-high 17 points as the Missouri-St. Louis women’s basketball team stunned No. 14 Northern Kentucky University, 56-51, in the Mark Twain Building on Thursday. Slaughter grabbed eight rebounds for Missouri-St. Louis, which improved to 5-10 overall, 3-5 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Tritons built an 11-point halftime lead and held on for the win despite going 10-for-33 from the free-throw line. Kristi White added 13 points as the Tritons defeated NKU for the first time since Feb. 7, 2004. The Norse still lead the all-time series, 17-3. Cassie Brannen and Jessie Slack each scored 13 points to lead NKU (13-4 overall, 6-3 GLVC). The Norse shot just 31.7 percent from the field and were 6-for-28 (21.4 percent) from 3-point range. “The first 20 minutes, (Missouri-St. Louis) played a 2-3 zone and dared us to shoot, and we missed all 10 of our 3-point attempts,” NKU head coach Nancy Winstel said. “We had wide-open shots and could not make them. They did not do anything complicated. It was a 2-3 zone, then switching to some 1-2-2 zone, but we could not make the open shots.” Senior center Angela Healy became the 24th member of NKU’s 1,000-point club when she scored the first basket of the game. The Highlands High School product finished with six points and five rebounds before fouling out. Healy now has 1,004 career points at NKU. Brannen, who also fouled out, blocked one shot and now has 124 career rejections. The Mount Notre Dame High School graduate is eight shy of tying the NKU record of 132 blocked shots held by Janet Brungs. “With Angela and Cassie in foul trouble, we struggled in the post,” Winstel said. “You have to earn wins, and (Missouri-St. Louis) earned it. When they dare us to shoot, our players need to step up and make them. Their eyes need to light up like the Michele Tuchfarbers and the Karyn Creagers when they see a zone and dare us to shoot.” NKU will conclude the road trip Saturday afternoon against Missouri S&T at Rolla, Mo. The Lady Miners defeated Bellarmine, 76-65, on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Missouri S&T is 13-2 overall and lead the GLVC West Division with a 7-1 record.
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