HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Jessica Stuckman scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds Monday night as the Quincy University women’s basketball team defeated Northern Kentucky University, 76-59, in Regents Hall.
Lindsay Anderson and Lisa Farrell each added 15 points for Quincy, which snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 4-2 overall, 1-1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. It was also Quincy’s first-ever road victory against NKU, which owned a 7-0 record in Regents Hall against the Lady Hawks prior to Monday’s loss.
Quincy - ranked No. 8 nationally in the NCAA Division II poll - forced 10 NKU turnovers in the first half with its full-court pressure and took a 31-26 lead at the break. Anderson scored eight points for the Lady Hawks before halftime, while Farrell added seven points in the first half.
In the second half, Quincy shot 56.7 percent from the field and coasted to the victory. The Lady Hawks led by as many as 18 points and never trailed in the second half.
Nikki Perkins scored 16 points for NKU, which dropped to 3-2 overall, 1-1 in the GLVC. The 10th-ranked Norse made just 39.6 percent of their shots from the field and finished with 19 turnovers.
Tiffany Kelver scored 12 points, dished out five assists and had five steals for Quincy. Sharell Snardon scored eight points and grabbed 14 rebounds for NKU, and Jessica Brock added 10 points.
NKU will hit the road for Romeoville, Ill., this Thursday for a 6:30 p.m. game against Lewis University. The Norse will conclude the two-game GLVC road trip with a 2 p.m. contest at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday.
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