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Kaci Richardson
68
Northeastern St. NE 6-15,6-15 Mid-America Intercollegiate
86
Winner Central Okla. CentOK 12-6,12-6 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Northeastern St. NE
6-15,6-15 Mid-America Intercollegiate
68
Final
86
Central Okla. CentOK
12-6,12-6 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Northeastern St. NE 16 15 19 18 68
Central Okla. CentOK 24 19 24 19 86

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Chris Brannick

Central Whips Northeastern

Bronchos Win 10th Straight Against Old Foe

EDMOND – The University of Central Oklahoma pushed its late-season win streak to three games Saturday with a convincing 86-68 win over Northeastern State at Hamilton Field House.
 
The Bronchos improved to 12-6 overall this season with the win and enter the final week of the regular season with four games – all on the road – remaining.
 
"Kaci Richardson was so big for us today and I am so happy for her," UCO head coach Guy Hardaker said. "To recognize her before the game as a senior, she's been so good for us for the last three years, and then for her to have a game like she did. That was really special and I'm just really happy for her. It set the tone for the day."
 
Central Oklahoma led for nearly 39 minutes of Saturday's game. There were three ties and two lead changes early, but when the Bronchos went ahead on a Kelsey Johnson 3-pointer with 7:04 to play in the opening period, UCO never looked back.
 
Johnson scored seven points and pulled down five rebounds in the first quarter. Richardson scored six in the opening frame. Both helped Central build a 24-16 lead and the Bronchos ran away with things from there.
 
Richardson finished with a career-high 20 points. She tied her previous career best 14 points all in the first half. Richardson finished 6-for-9 from the floor, 2-for-3 from behind the arc, and a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line. She also had two assists and two steals and one rebound.
 
Johnson also had a monster game. She finished with 18 points and 18 rebounds to go with six assists. The rebounds and assists are both career highs for the senior forward from Washington, Oklahoma. The 18 rebounds also ties the eight-most in a single game in UCO history and is the eighth instance a player has totaled 18 boards. Johnson finished 8-for-13 from the floor, 1-for-2 from behind the arc, and 1-for-1 from the free-throw line.
 
Four Bronchos scored in double figures Saturday. Avery Allen added 11 points and four assists. She hit all three of her 3-point attempts and was 4-for-5 on the day. Brooke Rayner also scored in double figures, posting 10 points to go with two assists and a steal. Rayner was 4-for-8 from the floor and 2-for-6 from outside.
 
Central led by as many as 13 points in the first quarter and by as many as 15 points in the second quarter. UCO led by as many as 20 points after three quarters and had its biggest lead of the game, 30 points, with just over five minutes to play in the fourth quarter.
 
Central Oklahoma has now won 10 in a row against Northeastern State. The Bronchos have swept the season series 2-0 in each of the past five seasons.
 
Jaci Littell added six points, three assists, and two rebounds in a start Saturday. She hit one 3-pointer. UCO also got 21 points from the bench. Clary Donica had five points and seven rebounds, Taylor Dement and Tayler Factor each scored four points, Maddie Harelson and Aliya Llanusa each scored three points, and Macy McClendon scored two.
 
UCO will now begin the final week of the 2020-21 regular season Sunday afternoon. The Bronchos will play at Rogers State in a game that has been twice postponed. UCO will also travel to Missouri Western on Wednesday before visiting Central Missouri Thursday and Missouri Southern on Saturday.
 
The 2020-21 MIAA Tournament is scheduled to begin Wednesday, March 3. The Bronchos have clinched a postseason berth and will play that date against an opponent still to be determined.
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