Schoen all time leader in threes despite MVC losses

ISU vs. Drake University

The Indiana state women's basketball team did not cease to overcome Drake in a 60-43 loss.

This leaves the Sycamores record at 12-13 in the season and 6-7 in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Throughout the game, the Sycamores struggled from the field with an overall shooting of 29.1%.  Senior forward Deja Mattox fought to keep the Sycamores a float by shooting 5-7 from the field. She was also the leading scorer for team with a total of 11 points. Another leading scorer was sophomore guard Anna Munn who had a total of eight points.

The Bulldogs overall shooting from the field was 46.3% making 25 of 54 shots. Their leading scorer was Rachael Hackbarth who scored a total of 20 points. She had 13 rebounds and was the force behind stopping ISU's senior Shannon Thomas, who only made four points.

During the first half, senior guard Brittany Schoen scored two three-pointers which allowed her to tie Kelsey Luna's school record of 263 over her career. However, at the end of the first half the Sycamores trailed 32-19.

After the break, there were signs of hope when the Sycamores came within four points of the Bulldogs with a score of 38-34. At this point, the Sycamores had gone on a 6-0 run, but that quickly changed when Drake's Morgan Reid scored two consecutive lay-ups. This pushed the Bulldogs into a 12-0 run, which caused the Bulldogs to take the lead 50-34. The overall shooting from the field in this half was 26.7%, only making eight of 30 shots.

ISU vs. Creighton University

Schoen moved to the number one spot on the ISU women's basketball all-time career three pointer list following ISU's loss to the Creighton Bluejays Sunday.

The previous record holder was Kelsey Luna at 263.  Schoen's 264 career three pointers also ranked her fifth in the history Missouri Valley Conferecne.

The Sycamores were led by Munn with 10 points.  The Bluejays were led by Carli Tritz and Sarah Nelson with 18 and 15 respectively.

The loss dropped the Sycamores overall record to 12-14, 6-8 in the MVC.

Following a tied game at 15 the Bluejays began to pull away with their biggest lead of the half, 29-19, before the half.  

The Sycamores managed to close the deficit to four by halftime.

The Bluejays picked up momentum at the start of the second half and increased their lead to twenty-one, 54-33, with 6:54 remaining in the second half before going on for the win.

The next game for the Sycamores is February 24 against Missouri State at the Hulman center. The game is scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m.