The Emporia State women’s basketball team answered a big Quincy run with one of their own to win their third-straight game on Tuesday. Quincy soared to the halftime lead with a 20-4 run in the second quarter, but the Lady Hornets answered with a 30-6 run that spanned over 11 minutes in the second half to clip the Hawks 75-62 at White Auditorium. The run for ESU included four-minute span where E-State ran over the Hawks for 16-straight points. Head coach MJ Baker credited her assistant Taylor Jones and her halftime speech for turning things around.
Kaitlin Sanders led four Lady Hornets in double figures with 21 points. Macey Gandee and Gracie Gilpin added 12 while Allison Reese also scored 12 with 10 rebounds and five assists, all career highs. She was impressed by how her team responded to Quincy’s first half run.
With two three’s, Gilpin tied Andrea Leiker for the eighth-most in program history. Emporia State (3-2) has won three in a row and will look to move to 3-0 at home on Sunday when they host Saint Mary. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Pregame coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. on Mix 104.9.
