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Lincoln (MO) Linc 0-9,0-9 Mid-America Intercollegiate

Central Okla. CentOK 6-3,6-3 Mid-America Intercollegiate

Lincoln (MO) Linc

0-9,0-9 Mid-America Intercollegiate

Final

Jan. 16, 2021

Central Okla. CentOK

6-3,6-3 Mid-America Intercollegiate

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Lincoln (MO) Linc	18	15	18	20	71
Central Okla. CentOK	24	19	20	30	93

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 1/16/2021 4:46:00 PM | Chris Brannick

Bronchos Score Season-High In Blowout Victory

Central Has Won Four Straight In MIAA Play

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EDMOND – Brooke Rayner scored a career-high 23 points and Kelsey Johnson and Caley Young both posted double-doubles to lead the University of Central Oklahoma to a 93-71 victory over Lincoln Saturday afternoon at Hamilton Field House.

Central, which has won four in a row and is now 6-3 on the season, also got a season-high 11 assists from Taylor Dement to aid the Bronchos to a season-high 93 points.

"I thought we played really well altogether as a team again today and that is always so helpful," UCO head women's basketball coach Guy Hardaker said. "Brooke played great and Kelsey and Caley were really good, but a lot of girls played really well. We can still improve though, we turned the ball over way too much. But overall it was good and we got a win so we'll take it."

Rayner not only posted her first career 20-point game but did so with ease. The junior guard hit 8 of 9 shots Saturday afternoon, including 3 of 4 from behind the arc. She also made all four free-throws she took. So a near perfect outing on the offensive end.

Rayner did most of her work in the first half. She hit all three shots she took in five minutes of action in the first quarter – two of those were 3-pointers – and led the Bronchos with eight points. In the second quarter she went 3-for-4, hitting another 3-pointer, and two free-throws. She led all scorers with 17 points at halftime. She reached 23 points with 2:27 to play in the third quarter on a pair of free-throws.

Johnson, who has led the Bronchos in almost every game this season, still do so Saturday even though she wasn't the leading scorer. The senior forward put up 18 points and 11 rebounds for her fifth double-double in nine games this season. Johnson is the only player in the MIAA that averages a double-double. She now has 11 career double-doubles after posting six last season.

Johnson hit 6 of 10 shots Saturday and all six of her free-throw attempts. She added three blocks and one assist in a season-low 21 minutes of action.

Young posted season-highs in both points and rebounds as she joined Johnson in the double-double crowd. The freshman scored 10 points and pulled down 12 rebounds. She had five rebounds in the first quarter, one more in the second, five again in the third quarter, and then one more in the fourth.

Young finished 5-for-7 and also had three steals.

Jaci Littell and Kaci Richardson both scored eight points to help the Broncho effort. Clary Donica and Megan McClendon both scored six points. Dement, along with Maddie Harelson, both scored four points. Avery Allen, Aliyah Llanusa, and Tayler Factor each scored two.

Central Oklahoma didn't lead wire-to-wire in Saturday's blowout. Lincoln scored the game's first basket to take a 2-0 lead with 9:34 to play in the opening quarter. But Johnson answered with a jumper to tie it, 2-2, then Rayner hit her first 3-pointer to give Central a 5-2 lead with 8:58 to play in the first quarter. The Bronchos led every moment of the game after that.

UCO hit 10 of 19 shots in the opening quarter, including two Rayner 3-pointers, and also held Lincoln to a measly 22.7 percent from the floor on 5 of 22 shooting to gain the early edge. Central led by as many as 10 in the quarter and held a 24-18 lead at the first break.

Central led by as many as 11 in the second quarter, going up 37-26 when Rayner made a pair of free-throws with 5:19 to play in the first half. Lincoln did cut the lead to five with just under four minutes to play in the quarter, but UCO ended the half on a 6-1 run to take a 43-33 lead into halftime.

Lincoln made its best move in the third quarter. The Blue Tigers opened the half on a 10-4 run in 2:09 of play in the quarter to cut the lead to four. The teams stayed level for the next three minutes as Lincoln cut it to four again, this time with 4:33 left in the quarter, but Central closed the half on a 10-2 run to retake its commanding lead into the final frame.

And that's where Central blew it open.

The Bronchos made 12 of 15 shots in the final 10 minutes, including three 3-pointers, to turn a 12-point game to a 22-point blowout.

Donica and McClendon both scored six points Saturday and all of them came in the fourth quarter. Donica had two layups and a jumper. McClendon hit two corner 3-pointers.

Central Oklahoma finished the day shooting 56.1 percent from the floor. It's the first time this season UCO has shot over 50 percent in a game. The Bronchos made 37 of 66 attempts and went 6-for-16 from 3-point range. Central added 13 free-throws on 19 attempts.

Central Oklahoma is scheduled to hit the road next weekend and face Northwest Missouri and Missouri Western. UCO returns home a weekend after that and hosts Emporia State and Washburn.

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