Press Release

Jan. 19, 2009

Bearcat Weekly for the Week of Jan. 19, 2009

Bearcat Weekly .pdf file

Men's Basketball (7-9, 2-7 MIAA)

• Northwest starts a three-game homestand Wednesday night with Missouri Southern to close out the first half of the MIAA schedule.
• Hunter Henry is leading the MIAA with a 13-game streak with double-digit points. He also leads the MIAA with 9.4 rebounds per game and is among the conference leaders in scoring (3rd), field-goal percentage (2nd), free-throw percentage (9th), steals (T-8th), blocked shots (2nd), offensive rebounds (1st), defensive rebounds (3rd) and double-doubles (1st).
• Elijah Allen has scored 10 or more points in the last nine games. He's averaging 15.3 points in that span.
• The Lions have lost three of their last four games.

Women's Basketball (6-10, 2-7 MIAA)

• The Bearcats finish the first half of the MIAA schedule Wednesday night with Missouri Southern and start the second half Saturday afternoon against No. 9 Emporia State.
• Northwest has won four of the last five home games.
• Meghan Brue has scored double-digit points in 15 straight games and has recorded a double-double in the last three home games.
• Missouri Southern is on a three-game winning streak which started with a 59-58 win against then-No. 3 Washburn.

Men's Track and Field

• Northwest continues the indoor season this weekend at the Iowa State Open Jan. 23-24.
• Ben McKim improved his provisional qualifying mark in the shot with 53-6 1/4 at the Nebraska Holiday Inn Invitational Jan. 17.
• Jacob Dupin won the unseeded high jump Jan. 16 at Nebraska with a season-best 6-4 1/4.
• In his first career indoor meet, Zach Layton ran 8:59.88 in the 3,000-meter run to place ninth in all-time performer lists.

Women's Track and Field

• The Bearcats return to Ames, Iowa, for the Iowa State Open this weekend.
• Anna O'Brien broke the program 5,000-meter record with 17:51.71 at Nebraska last weekend. She broke the record of 17:54.24 set by Lisa Basich in the same building in 1988.
• Hannah Henry ran her best 60-meter hurdle time since 2007 and finished seventh with 9.14.