The University of Mary women's basketball team came from eight points down at halftime to beat Missouri Southern 81-76 on Friday night in Warrensburg, Mo., while the UMary men lost 83-64 to South Dakota Mines in Spearfish, S.D., according to the official box scores on goumary.com.
Women: A fourth-quarter finish in Warrensburg
The Marauders (2-0) led 22-20 after one quarter but trailed 44-36 at the half after Missouri Southern won the second quarter 24-14, per the box score. UMary shot 10-of-14 in the third quarter to get within 61-59, then outscored the Lions 22-15 in the fourth.
The play-by-play shows Chloe Nuss's basket and free throw with 5:54 left gave UMary a 71-70 lead, its first of the second half. The lead changed hands three more times, and Missouri Southern went in front 74-73 with 4:26 to go before the Marauders scored the next eight points. Layups by Allison Undlin and Nuss made it 77-74 with 3:10 left, and Eden Fridley and Chloe Carlson each made two free throws in the final 34 seconds.
Chloe Pfau led UMary with 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting, per the box score. Undlin added 14 points and eight rebounds, Emily Jaenke had 13 points and three steals, and Nuss scored 10 off the bench. Carlson had nine points and four steals. UMary shot 32-of-52 (61.5%) from the field and the teams each committed 17 turnovers.
Nariah Clay led Missouri Southern (1-1) with 23 points, and Ashlyn Alloway added 14. The game was played at the University of Central Missouri's Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center as part of the MIAA/NSIC Women's Basketball Regional Challenge. Attendance was 651.
Men: Hardrockers pull away early in Spearfish
At the Dakota Challenge, South Dakota Mines led 52-33 at halftime after shooting 20-of-33 (60.6%) in the first half, per the box score. The second half was even at 31.
Junior guard Tyrese Mayo led UMary (1-1) with 13 points, three 3-pointers and two steals. Freshman Ori Yarmelovsky had 12 points and six rebounds, and freshman Artie Carlow and senior Jackson Ware scored nine points each. Ware had eight rebounds and Carlow had five.
UMary outrebounded the Hardrockers 46-42 but shot 21-of-67 (31.3%), including 11-of-39 from 3-point range. South Dakota Mines (1-0) made 17 of 20 free throws, while UMary made 11 of 22. Azenio Cossa led the Hardrockers with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Jason Lee II scored 16 and Josiah Pierre added 15.
Next up
- Women: The Marauders play host Central Missouri, listed at No. 14 on UMary's schedule, at 6 p.m. Central on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center, per the UMary and UCM schedules. Central Missouri lost 82-74 to Augustana on Friday, per UCM's schedule. UMary's next home game is Wednesday, Nov. 18, against Valley City State at the McDowell Activity Center.
- Men: UMary faces host Black Hills State, listed at No. 6 on the UMary and BHSU schedules, at 7 p.m. Central (6 p.m. Mountain) on Saturday at the Donald E. Young Center, per the UMary and BHSU schedules. The Yellow Jackets beat Minot State 70-62 on Friday. The Marauders next play Nov. 20 at Northwest Missouri State.
Sources: UMary women's box score; UMary men's box score; UMary women's recap; UMary men's recap; UMary women's schedule; UMary men's schedule; UMary Dakota Challenge preview; Central Missouri women's schedule; Black Hills State men's schedule; Missouri Southern women's schedule
