Posted: Jan 15, 2020

No. 1 Eagles cruise to 17-1 record

Thursday, 16 January 2020 05:59 Metro Sports Report

BOONE - Freshman Kemara Watson scored a career-best 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds Wednesday night as the top-ranked Kirkwood women's basketball team blasted DMACC, 89-58, in an ICCAC conference game in Boone.

The Eagles raised their records to 17-1 overall and 4-0 in the conference. DMACC fell to 8-9 overall and 2-3 in the league.

Natalie Tomaszewski pitched in with 10 points and eight rebounds. Ten Kirkwood players scored at least five points in the well-balanced attack.

Hannah McKinney scored 11 points for DMACC.

KIRKWOOD (89): Paige Bradford 3-7 0-0 6, Tatiana Hodges-Johnson 4-8 0-0 8, Delani Harris 2-4 0-0 5, Ju Gaston 4-4 1-1 9, Amara Lipsey 3-6 0-0 9, Jheda Kennedy 1-4 0-0 2, Kortney Drake 4-8 1-2 9, Addison Rath 3-4 1-1 7, Natalie Tomaszewski 4-11 0-0 10, Kemara Watson 9-17 1-3 19, Marissa Metz 2-8 0-4 5. Totals 39-81 4-11 89.

DMACC (58): Bethany Evans 3-6 0-2 9, Riley Gatton 3-9 0-1 6, Asia Mena 4-10 0-0 10, Shamir Brown 1-3 0-0 2, Cailey Schaa 1-2 0-0 3, Katie Scott 1-9 0-0 2, Shelbi Raymond 1-1 0-0 3, Hannah McKinney 4-11 0-0 11, Emma Mace 1-6 0-0 3, Taelor Lessmeier 4-10 0-0 9, Katelyn Courtney 0-2 0-0 0, Reganne Brewster 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-71 0-3 58.

Halftime - Kirkwood 52, DMACC 29. 3-point goals - Kirkwood 7-19 (Lipsey 3-5, Tomaszewski 2-3, Harris 1-2, Metz 1-3, Bradford 0-1, Rath 0-1, Kennedy 0-2, Drake 0-2), DMACC 12-37 (Evans 3-6, McKinney 3-7, Mena 2-5, Schaa 1-1, Raymond 1-1, Mace 1-6, Lessmeier 1-7, Gatton 0-2, Brewster 0-2).