The WSU women’s basketball beat Youngstown State (YSU) by a score of 73-50. It was he Raiders fifth win in a row and improved their overall record to 14-4 on the year and 6-1 at the Nutter Center.
The Raiders outscored YSU in all four quarters and had their way with them in the paint. WSU scored 42 of their 73 points in the paint.
Four Raiders scored in double figures, including Chelsea Welch with 23 points. Emily Vogelpohl had 13 points and 12 rebounds, and Lexi Smith also recorded a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
WSU held YSU to under 40 percent shooting in the game and under 30 percent from beyond the three point line.
WSU struggled themselves from the three point line, shooting only 2-19 (10.5 percent) from the arc.
It was the Raiders first home game since Saturday, Dec. 30, but head coach Katrina Merriweather said the schedule won’t be an excuse to focusing on the task at hand.
“We won’t complain about it,” she said. “We’ll take what our schedule gives us this year and we’re pretty happy about it.”
Coach Merriweather and the Raiders have done a good job of that, as their home and away splits are almost identical (6-1 at home vs. 6-2 on the road). They’ve won three straight Horizon league conference games on the road to start out the season.
The Raiders will be at home this coming weekend for two games. First they play UIC Friday at 7:00 PM and then IUPUI on Sunday at 2:00 PM.
