Kirkwood women roll by Southwestern
CRESTON - Paige Bradford collected a double-double Saturday as the top-ranked Kirkwood women's basketball team smashed Southwestern, 87-49, in an ICCAC conference game.
Bradford finished with 16 points, 14 rebounds and five assists for the Eagles (21-2, 8-1).
Kemara Watson scored 14 points, Amara Lipsey 13 and Kortney Drake 12 for Kirkwood.
Jordan Simone scored 12 points for Southwestern (8-14, 3-6).
KIRKWOOD (87): Paige Bradford 6-14 4-4 16, Tatiana Hodges-Johnson 4-8 1-1 9, Ju Gaston 2-5 0-0 4, Amara Lipsey 5-5 0-0 13, Marissa Metz 3-9 2-3 8, Delani Harris 2-3 0-0 4, Jheda Kennedy 0-2 0-0 0, Kortney Drake 3-7 4-4 12, Addison Rath 2-3 1-2 5, Natalie Tomaszewski 1-4 0-0 2, Kemara Watson 6-9 2-4 14, Britney Smith 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-70 14-18 87.
SOUTHWESTERN (49): Brielle Baker 2-11 0-0 5, Kayela Willis 2-8 3-4 8, Whynter Waterhouse-Brennan 0-3 0-0 0, Kaylynn Tucker 2-5 0-0 4, Simone Jordan 5-11 1-2 12, Eden Billups-Campbell 1-7 0-0 2, Sckiya Baniser 1-4 0-0 2, Hailey Chew 1-2 0-0 3, Samantha Hagedorn 2-6 0-0 5, Meghan Allen 3-7 2-2 8. Totals 19-64 6-8 49.
Halftime - Kirkwood 42, Southwestern 22. 3-point goals - Kirkwood 5-17 (Lipsey 3-3, Bradford 0-1, Hodges-Johnson 0-1, Gaston 0-2, Metz 0-3, Drake 2-5, Tomaszewski 0-2), Southwestern 5-23 (Baker 1-5, Willis 1-4, Waterhouse-Brennan 0-1, Tucker 0-1, Jordan 1-3, Billups-Campbell 0-1, Banister 0-2, Chew 1-2, Hagedorn 1-4).
