The Northwestern women’s basketball team recovered from a disappointing loss to DePaul, handily defeating the Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos 80-38 on Tuesday afternoon. Senior Maggie Lyon lit up the scoresheet with 17 points and five assists as Northwestern’s offense and defense recovered from poor showings against the Blue Demons.
The first quarter saw little offensive action as Northwestern and UMKC traded misses to start the game. Northwestern took a seven-point lead at the end of the quarter due to its defense, which showed some improvement after looking very poor over the weekend. UMKC was held to eight points in the first quarter and under 40 points in the game, and the Kangaroos were unable to break through Northwestern's defense.