By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

Emporia State outscored the Fort Hays State Lady Tigers 7-1 over the final 1:41 and defeats the Lady Tigers 80-77 Saturday afternoon at White Auditorium in Emporia. The wins avenges the Lady Tigers 15-point win over ESU in Hays 10 days earlier and puts the Lady Hornets back into a first-place tie atop the MIAA at 21-2 overall and 12-2 in conference play. FHSU falls to 16-5 and 9-5.

The Lady Tigers, playing without senior forward Kate Edwards, raced out to an eight-point first half lead, but a 14-5 ESU run gave then a one-point lead with 6:05 to play in the half. The Hornets would build the lead to four at the break.

Emporia State built the lead to five less than two minutes into the second half, but FHSU scored seven straight to take the lead back They would build the lead to eight with 9:21 to play and were up four with 2:25 left before the Lady Hornets mounted their comeback.

The Lady Tigers had a chance to force overtime, but Paige Lunsford’s 3-pointer from the left wing off an inbounds pass fell short.

Kate Lehman led FHSU with 24 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out late in the gane. Tara Ingalsbee added 15, all in the first half, and Beth Bohuslavsky scored 10. Amber Vandiver scored 20 to led ESU who scored 25 points off of 21 Fort Hays State turnovers. The Tigers also struggled from the free throw line connecting on 21-of-35 including 11-of-19 in the second half.

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