Springfield, Mo. – The Columbia College women's basketball team had six players score in double figures as the Cougars battled back from a 10-point second quarter deficit for an 81-57 win at Mission University on Thursday in Springfield, Mo.
 
Columbia won its 13th-straight game to improve to 24-1 and 15-0 in the American Midwest Conference (AMC), while Mission fell to 12-13 and 7-8 in the AMC.
 
Mya Miller (13), Lauren Friedrich (12), Macie Harman (11), Lexi Rubel (11 points, 11 rebounds), Lexi Miller (10 points, nine assists, eight rebounds) and Tori Rubel (10 points, 10 rebounds) scored in double figures for Columbia, which had 24 assists in the win with a 56-33 rebounding advantage.
 
Columbia limited Mission to just 2-of-16 shooting from the field to start the game as the Cougars held an 8-4 lead through the opening seven minutes. The Patriots closed the first quarter on a 9-0 run to take a 13-8 advantage. Columbia went cold down the stretch, missing its final 12 shots and finishing the quarter 3-of-17 from the field.
 
Mission's run carried into the second quarter, as the Patriots scored the first five points to extend the lead to 18-8 with 8:28 remaining before halftime. Harman came off the bench and sparked Columbia, scoring nine straight points to key a 17-3 surge that allowed the Cougars to regain the lead, 28-23, at the break.
 
Columbia limited Mission to 26.5 percent shooting (9-of-34) from the field and held a 31-20 advantage on the boards. Harman led the way with nine points on 4-of-5 shooting.
 
Friedrich's three-pointer with 6:33 left in the third quarter gave the Cougars their first double-digit lead of the game at 41-30. Columbia maintained the advantage and carried a 50-42 lead into the final quarter.
 
Friedrich's canned her third three-pointer of the game to push the CC lead back to double figures (53-42), and then Lexi Miller's 3 highlighted a 9-1 run as the lead grew to 64-47.
 
Lexi Miller hit her first three of the game to make it 62-47 with 6:55 to play.
 
Miya Nieto had a game-high 21 points for Mission, who hit just 7-of-18 (38.9 percent) from the free-throw line in the loss.
 
The Cougars host Senior Day on Saturday, February 14, against Central Baptist College with tip-off set for 1 p.m.
 
NOTES: Columbia has won three-straight games against Mission and leads the all-time series 4-1 … Mya Miller is two points shy of 800 for her career.