By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post
HAYS - The Fort Hays State women's basketball team forced a season-high 22 turnovers and had eight players score five or more points adn beat Tabor College 65-51 win over Tabor College Saturday evening at Gross Memorial Coliseum.
The 23rd-ranked Tigers (4-3) scored the first 13 points, holding the Bluejays (4-3) scoreless for more than seven minutes to start the game. Fort Hays State led by as many as 17 in the first. Tabor outscored FHSU 19-16 in the second to close within 35-23 at halftime.
The Bluejays used a 14-4 run that spanned the final 35 seconds of the first half and the first six minutes of the second half to pull within six at 39-33 with 4:04 in the third but the Tigers scored the next nine to push the lead back to 15. It was part of a bigger 16-2 run that saw the lead grow to 20.
The Tigers later led by as many as 24 following buckets from Kia Wilson and Clary Donica before Tabor closed the game on a 13-3 run.
Fort Hays State turned the 22 Tabor turnovers into 24 points while converting on 13 offensive rebounds to 13 second-chance points. The Tigers dished out a season-high 22 assists on their 30 made buckets, including five each from Brooke Loewe and Sydney Golladay.
Katie Wagner led the team with 16 points with Wilson, Donica and Olivia Hollenbeck all scoring eight points each.
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The Tigers continue their five-game home stand and open MIAA play on Thursday when FHSU hosts Northeastern State beginning at 5:30 p.m.