RICHARDS AND LAWSON TEAM UP FOR 45 POINTS AS NORTHEAST TOPS MARSHALLTOWN

NORFOLK, Neb. – The Northeast Community College women's basketball team played host to Marshalltown Community College Saturday afternoon at the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk. The Hawks led by as many as 23 points and downed the Tigers by a final score of 60-44 in the showdown.

Northeast (5-6, 2-1 ICCAC) sophomore Allison Richards (Pine Ridge, S.D.) and freshman Amber Lawson (Wynot, Neb.) combined for 45 of the 60 Hawks points as Richards tallied 28 points and three steals while Lawson totaled 17 points and five rebounds. Richards has point totals of 28, 20, 34, 20, 23, 34 and 25 over her last seven matchups while Lawson has come on as of late with totals of 17, 18 and 21 during her last three appearances on the hardwood for Northeast.

STAT SHEET:

Allison Richards (Pine Ridge, S.D.): 28 PTS, 3 STL

Amber Lawson (Wynot, Neb.): 17 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST

Tori Osten (Columbus, Neb.): 7 PTS, 3 REB, STL

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head Women's Basketball Coach Matt Svehla on his team's performance today:

"I liked how we opened the game up," Svehla said. "I thought that we did a lot of good things in the first half. Didn't quite play how I wanted us to play in the second half, but we got the win. We'll move forward heading into our closing week here. We are hoping to close this semester strong and on a high note."

Svehla on the key to having a successful final week before some time off:

"We have to stay focused," Svehla said. "We have exams coming up and breaks coming up. We can't be putting ourselves emotionally on break already. Let's stay focused on the task ahead and that's Southwestern right now and then NIACC next Saturday."

UP NEXT:

The Hawks will head to Southwestern Community College for a battle at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Creston, Iowa.

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