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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – The Kennesaw State women's basketball team snapped its two-game Atlantic Sun Conference win streak as the Owls fell to Northern Kentucky, 79-51, on Saturday night (Jan 11.) at The Bank of Kentucky Center.
 
KSU falls to 4-11 on the season and 2-2 in conference play, while the Norse moved to 8-7 on the year, while keeping their league record unblemished at 4-0.
 
For the third-straight game, freshman guard Deandrea Sawyers led the Owls with 17 points, including four three-pointers.
 
It was a slow start for the Owls as the Norse jumped out to an early 7-0 lead, before junior guard Bria Young scored six straight on her own to pull KSU to within one at the 15:42 mark in the first.
 
After a Sawyers three-pointer, NKU against sprinted ahead for its largest lead of the half at 20-11. KSU continued to claw back as back-to-back treys from Sawyers, followed by a Young jumper cut the Norse lead to one at 20-19 with 4:26 on the clock.
 
NKU then scored the next five points, before Young put in a layup with 27 seconds remaining to send the Owls into intermission down 25-21.  
 
Out of the break, KSU used layups from freshman forward Gratia Brooks and junior guard Kristina Wells to again move to within one at 26-25, but after shooting over 26 percent in the first NKU responded with a 27-7 run over the next eight minutes. The Norse finished the half with a 67 percent clip from the field.
 
Despite the deficit, the Owls pressured NKU into 21 trips to the free-throw line, converting 13 of them, but the effort would not be enough as the Norse went on for the 79-51 victory.
 
Young posted her fifth-straight double-figure game with 11 points, while redshirt-senior Lisa Capellan registered 10 points, going 3-of-4 from the field and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe. She added a team-best six rebounds, while Wells and freshman forward Chloe Branch totaled five. Along with her five boards, Wells handed out five assists and notched a pair of blocks.
 
The Norse put three players in double-figures, led by 22 points from Melody Doss, while also picking up 21 points off 19 KSU turnovers.
 
The Owls next return to the friendly confines of the KSU Convocation Center for a date with 2013 A-Sun regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday, Jan. 16. Tip is set for 7 p.m. ET and can be seen on ESPN3.
 
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Season and single game tickets are currently available for all the home court action for the Owls and can be purchased by following the link HERE.
 
 

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