ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - Amy Mobley scored 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds Saturday as the Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team posted an 81-59 victory over Lewis University at the Neil Carey Arena.
Mobley also added five assists and three blocked shots for NKU, which is ranked No. 21 nationally in the NCAA Division II poll. Sharell Snardon came off the bench and made all seven of her field goal attempts and finished with 15 points and five rebounds as the Norse improved to 20-6 overall, 15-5 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
The Norse locked up the No. 2 seed in the upcoming GLVC Tournament with the victory and will meet seventh-seeded University of Wisconsin-Parkside at 7 p.m. (EST) this Wednesday in the first round at Roberts Stadium in Evansville, Ind.
Mobley scored 18 points in the first half as NKU built a 46-22 lead at the break. The Norse - who trailed 7-0 early in the game - limited Lewis (9-18 overall, 5-15 GLVC) to just 22.5 percent shooting from the field in the first half.
Mobley, a senior forward and a graduate of Harrison (Ohio) High School, is now 11th on the NKU all-time scoring list with 1,292 career points.
Snardon scored 10 points in the second half as NKU increased its lead to 31 (74-43) with six minutes remaining. The Norse shot 47.4 percent from the field and made 24 of 38 free throws.
Connie Myers added a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) for NKU, which has now won at least 20 games for five straight seasons. Jessica Brock finished with 11 points and nine rebounds for NKU, and Bridget Flanagan added 10 points and five assists.
Kristin Polosky tied an NKU single-game record with seven blocked shots Saturday as the Norse set a school record with 12 blocks as a team. The previous NKU single-game record was 10, most recently set on Feb. 8, 2001, against Saint Joseph’s College.
NKU also blocked 10 shots against Indiana State University-Evansville (now Southern Indiana) during the 1981-82 season.
NKU has defeated Lewis 10 consecutive times dating back to the 1997-98 season. The Norse lead the all-time series with Lewis, 33-3.
Amy Mobley