CLARKSDALE – Freshman Kelsey Brown had a career-high 22 points, after hitting 5-of-9 shots from beyond the arc, to help Northwest defeat Coahoma 95-84 on Thursday night at The Pinnacle in its final road game of the season.
 
Northwest (18-4, 8-3 north) extended its winning streak to three games and also improved to 8-1 on the road. Coahoma fell to 2-18 overall and 0-10 in the division.
 
After the only tie of the game, Aspriona Gilbert and the Lady Rangers went on a 9-2 run to bring the score to 11-4 at the 17:34-mark.

Northwest's lead was just 22-21 with 11:30 left in the half before a 16-4 run over a 5-minute stretch pushed the lead out to 38-25. Jacquelyn Brooks' jumper started the run, while Sara Lytle's 3-pointer ended it. 

Northwest continued to build its lead throughout the half, taking a 49-31 advantage on Brown's 3-pointer at the 3:39-mark.

Before the end of the half, Alyssia King added a 3-pointer in the final minute to give the Lady Rangers a 53-39 lead. Lytle scored 12 of her 19 points in the first, while 10 other Lady Rangers were in the scoring column.
 
Northwest continued to pour it on in the second half, hitting its largest lead of the game, 89-64, with 6:19 to play when Brown hit her third 3-pointer of the half.
 
Coahoma put in its best effort to narrow the gap to 93-84 with a 14-0 run in the final 4 minutes of the game, but S. Lytle finished it off with two made free throws with 20 ticks left.
 
The Lady Rangers outshot Coahoma 46-41 percent and hit a season-high 10 3-pointers. Northwest also outscored Coahoma's bench 47-11.
 
Three other Lady Rangers joined Brown in double figures, including S. Lytle with 19 points, six rebounds, a pair of blocks and a pair of steals, Gilbert with 15 points and five rebounds and Brianna Williams with 12 points. Kristina Mays also played 25 hard minutes, scoring six points and adding five assists and four steals.
 
Coahoma was led by double-doubles from Erica Collins (23 points, 11 rebounds) and Ariel Jones (17 points, 11 rebounds). Josta Totten and Amber Sisk added 16 and 13 points, respectively.
 
Northwest will close out the regular season next Thursday, Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. against East Mississippi. We'll recognize six outgoing players as part of Sophomore Night in between the women's and men's game.