By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

Beth Bohuslavsky scores a career-high 24 points, Kate Lehman and Jill Faxon both add 16 leading the 5th-ranked Fort Hays State Lady Tigers to a 74-67 win over Washburn. The Lady Tigers are now 23-2 overall and 15-1 in the MIAA where they maintain their one-game lead over Pittsburg State. The Ichabods fall to 16-9 and 8-9 in the conference.

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Game Highlights

 
Fort Hays State only trailed once at 9-8 then went on an 18-5 run to go up 12 in the first half. An 11-0 second half run saw their lead grow to 19 but the Ichabods respond with a 36-14 run over the next 10 minutes to pull within four with 2:39 to play. Jill Faxon hit a runner to push the lead to six then Keriann Shaw hit a stickback after a Chelsea Mason miss to give FHSU a seven-point lead with less than a minute to play.

The Tigers were outstanding from the free throw line, hitting 32-of-36. Bohuslavsky went 14-for-14 and Lehman 12-for-12. The Tigers shoot 42-percent but were just 2-of-10 from beyond the arc.

Washburn hit only 37-percent and was 6-of-19 from 3-point range (5-10 in the second half). The Ichabods, who are second in the country in rebound margin, out board the Lady Tigers by 12 and score 13 points off their 18 offensive rebounds.