Box Score Columbia, Mo. – The 15^th ranked Cougars traveled across town to compete against the Stephens College Stars. Columbia went straight to work claiming another conference win after defeating the Stars 73-50 and are now 15-3 on the season and 11-1 in conference play.

Senior Mai Nienhueser was four away from hitting her career 1,000^th point, which she made early in the second quarter. Nienhueser scored another six points to put her 15^th in the overall in the Columbia College career scoring record books.

The Cougars took care of business today from the start, almost doubling the Stars points in the first quarter. Columbia kept racking up the baskets in the second quarter to extend their lead by 19 points.

The third quarter proved to be a bit more difficult for both teams as they struggled to get any through the net, scoring only a combined total of 25 points between both teams. The final quarter had Stephens right behind Columbia the whole time, scoring only one less than the Cougars. Columbia's large lead in the first half was enough to secure the win. 
 
Key Moment
Columbia took an early lead in the first quarter scoring 11 more points than Stephens.
 
By The Numbers
32-14 – Columbia had 18 more points made in the paint than the Stephens
18-6 – Cougars tallied 12 more second chance points in the paint than the Stars
55-35 – Columbia racked up 20 more rebounds than Stephens
 
Columbia College Leaders
Scoring Leader – Raegan Wieser (15)
Rebounding Leader – Raegan Wieser (8)
Assist Leader – Jordan Alford (3)
 
Stephens Leaders
Scoring Leader – Denslow (16)
Rebounding Leader – Makenzie Jemes (8)
Assist Leader – Makenzie Jemes (2)
 
Up Next
The Cougars will be on the road once again on Thursday, January 23 when they travel to St. Louis, Missouri to compete against the Harris Stowe-State Hornets for the second time this season in another conference matchup. Game is slated to begin at 5:30 p.m.