WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. – Northwest swept a pair of games at the ASU Mid-South Lady Greyhound Classic this weekend, rallying from 13 down to defeat St. Louis 86-77 on Friday before a rout of Blue Mountain JV on Saturday afternoon, 78-27, to stay unbeaten.

Against previous unbeaten St. Louis (3-1), the Lady Rangers trailed for all but 1:48 in the opening half and trailed 44-34 at the break.

The Archers dominated the glass in the first half, outscoring Northwest 17-2 in second chance points with a plus-12 edge in rebounds. Alfreda Roberts finished with a double-double in the first half with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Chrishana Wilson pulled down eight rebounds.

Trailing 44-31 just before the halftime buzzer, Northwest began its comeback early in the third quarter by wearing St. Louis' short-handed bench down.

The Lady Rangers forced 10 turnovers, held the Archers to just five made field goals and rode the hot hand of Averyale Joy, who scored 14 of her career-high 29 in the period, to outscore St. Louis 26-12.

A 13-2 run to start the fourth, capped by Shelbi Buford's 3-pointer with 4:29 left, extended Northwest's lead to 73-61 and the Lady Rangers were able to coast the rest of the way.

Bench play was a big factor in the comeback win, with Northwest outscoring St. Louis 35-10. Buford, Astraea Moore and Brooke Walker had nine points apiece.

Blue Mountain JV was no match for Northwest on Saturday to close out the two-day tournament, with the Lady Rangers crushing the Lady Toppers by 51 points.

The 27 points allowed is the second-lowest in school history. The school record is a 54-20 win over Memphis YMCA during the 1951-52 season.

Northwest led 24-4 after a quarter of play, holding BMC to 1-of-17 shooting and scoring 20 of its 24 points in the paint. Janesha Johnson had eight early points on 4-of-5 aim.

Leading 41-13 at half, the onslaught continued the final 20 minutes as Northwest emptied its bench and stretched its lead to a game-high 56 late in the fourth quarter.

Freshman Tamaria Thomas had a game-high 16 points and pulled down 10 boards for her first collegiate double-double to lead four Lady Rangers in double figures. Walker had a career-high 13 points and seven boards in addition to Johnson with 13 and Shernique Adams with 11.

Northwest held BMC to 14 percent shooting for the game, just 9-for-66 from the field.

Northwest moved to 5-0 on the young season and will enjoy a 16-day break before traveling to East Mississippi on Dec. 6 to open north division play. The game will be streamed at emccathletics.com/live.