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Sophomore
Katy Meyer and freshman
Ayrica Lockett each recorded double-doubles as Webster led from start to finish in beating Rust College Sunday, 78-69, in non-conference action at Grant Gymnasium. It was the Gorloks' third game in five days.
Both players achieved the feat with 11 rebounds and career-high scoring totals as Lockett tied her previous best of 14 - which she set in Saturday's win over MacMurray - and Meyer tied her career-high of 20. It was the second straight double-double for Webster's sophomore forward.
Meyer hit on her first five three-points and finished six-of-seven from behind the arc, while Lockett patrolled the paint - hitting seven-of-nine from the field.
The Gorloks (4-3 overall) have won two in a row, and three of the last four.
Webster exploded out of the gates, scoring 28 of the games first 39 points in opening up a 19-point bulge. But, the Gorloks didn't appear to handle the quick prosperity as they allowed the Bearcats to answer with a 19-5 spurt to pull to within five.
Rust pulled to within one twice, but both times Lockett got a basket to hold the Bearcats at bay. RC was even able to knot the game once, however, two free throws by
Megan Willett with 10:29 remaining in the contest stemmed the time.
Two separate scoring runs, one of 7-0 and another at 9-0, during the final 10 minutes allowed the Gorloks to pull out its fourth win of the season.
Freshmen
Blaire Underwood and Willett each dished out a team-high five assists.
Webster hosts Robert Morris College 6 p.m. Wednesday in its third consecutive home game as it plays a stretch in which the Gorloks have eight of nine games at Grant Gymnasium.
QUOTES
Head Coach Jordan Olufson
on Katy Meyer and Ayrica Lockett
"We have players that have the ability to dominate in the post and make it easier on everybody else. Katy is consistent, expectations for her are high, and she has welcomed it. Katy's ability to spread the floor helps our offense and her."
on being consistent
"We can't pick and choose when we decide to play hard and have energy. We have to get better. We have to put together back-to-back defensive stops. The defense has to improve, and it will come with time."
on the development of Courtney Brown
"Courtney gets better every game. She has really works on her game management and decisions in practice. Worked on developing better court vision and with that you will have turnovers, fixable turnovers. Turnovers trying to get other players involved in the offense."
NOTES
- Freshman Megan Willett had a career-high four steals in her third start of the season.
- Sophomore Katy Meyer became the sixth player in seven games to lead the team in scoring. Only freshman Courtney Brown has achieved the feat twice for the Gorloks.
- It was the fourth straight game that Webster had multiple double-figure scorers.
- It's the fifth time this season, the Gorloks have scored more than 70 points - and are 3-2 in those games.
- Head coach Jordan Olufson trotted out the fifth different starting lineup on the season.
- Webster grabbed a season-high 52 rebounds, in winning the battle of the glass - 52 to 34. Its previous high was 45 set on November 22 against Marian.
- Behind 10 assists from the duo of freshmen Blaire Underwood and Megan Willett, the Gorloks distributed a season-high 20 assists. They dished out 15 twice this season.
- It was the third straight game the Gorloks had a player acheive a double-double.
- Both teams wore Webster uniforms as Rust mistakenly left their uniforms in Mississippi. The Bearcats wore the old gold uniforms in the game.
