RICHARDS GOES OFF FOR NORTHEAST IN MASSIVE ROAD VICTORY OVER CENTRAL

COLUMBUS, Neb. – The Northeast Community College women's basketball team made the short drive to Tuesday night to Columbus, Nebraska for their final matchup before conference play against Central Community College. The Hawks dominated much of the contest and captured a 79-61 victory in the battle.

Northeast (3-5) was led on the night by Allison Richards (Pine Ridge, S.D.) in scoring as she had 25 points at halftime while shooting 9-for-16 from the field before intermission and 5-for-7 from three-point range. Richards finished the night with 34 points, four steals and five assists and is now averaging 23.4 points per game on the season.

The Hawks had 10 more rebounds than the Raiders and shot 50-percent from beyond the three-point line. Northeast led by as much as 27 in the matchup and will now look ahead to their conference opener at home over the weekend.

STAT SHEET:

Allison Richards (Pine Ridge, S.D.): 34 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 5 STL

Clara Garrote (Salamanca, Spain) 13 PTS, 5 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK

Amber Lawson (Wynot, Neb.): 10 PTS, 6 REB, STL

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Women's Basketball Coach Matt Svehla on the incredible night from Allison Richards and his team:

"Allison obviously had a big game for us, but we got good contributions from pretty much everyone," Svehla said. "Our first-half defense was pretty solid and helped us get control of the game."

Svehla on what his team will be focused on this week before battling Iowa Lakes:

"We will need to continue to improve because we are playing in a tough conference, which gets started this weekend," Svehla said.

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will begin conference play next and will host Iowa Lakes Community College at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk.

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