Lady Roadrunners claim two more wins including an upset victory at home

 January 31 Metropolitan Community College in Sedalia

The State Fair Community College (SFCC) Lady Roadrunners picked up win number 18 with a 103-46 victory over the Metropolitan Community College Lady Wolves on Wednesday, January 31 inside the Fred E. Davis Multipurpose Center.

SFCC jumped out to a 21-9 lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back. SFCC held Metropolitan Community College to 16 points or less in each quarter.

Every Lady Roadrunner played in the contest. Metropolitan Community College only had six players in uniform and two fouled out before the end of the game. Both teams played with only four players on the floor to finish the game.

Freshman guard Nakayla Green led SFCC in scoring with 15 points and a team-high four steals. Green also tied for the team lead in assists with freshman guard Madison Johnson, freshman guard Violeta Rojas Narváez, and freshman guard Maliyah Miller with three each. Freshman guard Meghan Campise scored 14 points. Freshman guard Myra Claas and sophomore center Jaida Shipp added 13 points each. Shipp pulled down a team-high nine rebounds. It was the second time this season that SFCC scored more than 100 points.

February 3 Mineral Area College in Sedalia

SFCC (19-3, 4-2 in Region 16) upset the 15^th-ranked Mineral Area College Lady Cardinals 61-58, Saturday night, February 3 in front of a large crowd at the Fred E. Davis Multipurpose Center in Sedalia. The game was also part of the Missouri Community College Athletic Conference schedule for both teams.

SFCC trailed Mineral Area 7-3 with four minutes and 45 seconds remaining in the opening quarter. SFCC took a 14-13 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Lady Roadrunners extended their advantage to 25-17 with five minutes and 48 seconds remaining in the second quarter. Mineral Area cut the advantage to three points at halftime.

The game remained close throughout with SFCC leading 37-35 with four minutes and 29 seconds remaining in the third quarter. SFCC held a 45-41 lead at the end of three quarters.

SFCC led 55-53 with two minutes and 47 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, before extending the advantage to 59-55 with 23.9 seconds remaining. Mineral Area had one final opportunity when they threw the ball in with 1.1 seconds remaining in the game. The three-point shot from deep in the corner hit the side of the backboard and Lady Roadrunners secured the victory.

"I thought both teams did a good job of keeping the other out of rhythm and off balance tonight," said Lady Roadrunners Head Coach Nicole Collier. "We missed some free throws early in the game but were able to step up and knock them down later. We need to be better free-throw shooters. I am proud of our effort. We had moments in this game where we were down, but we were able to regroup and stay together. That is an ingredient for a successful team. We had some players come off the bench and play big minutes for us. I thought Briar Cox gave us great time and energy tonight. I'm proud of our team, a coach is never happy or satisfied. We must be ready to go to Three Rivers on Saturday."

Claas led the team in scoring with 12 points. Johnson scored 11 points and tied for the team lead with eight rebounds. Shipp added 10 points and eight rebounds. Cox also pulled down eight rebounds. Freshman guard Kimora McClure led the team with three assists. Freshman guard La'Tommas Johnson-Nash tied for the team lead in steals with Claas and sophomore guard Tanila Marshall with two each.

David Rohrbach

SFCC Athletics