POPLAR BLUFF, MO. - The Northwest Mississippi Community College women's basketball team (0-3) suffered a pair of defeats in the Three Rivers Classic to 2026 NJCAA DI Women's Basketball National Tournament participants in #10 Three Rivers Community College (4-0) and State Fair Community College (4-1) by a score of 74-53 and 73-45, respectively.
In their game against the Three Rivers Raiders on Friday evening, the Rangers once again struggled to take care of the ball and turned it over 25 times. Although the Rangers had a relatively average night shooting percentage wise, shooting at an average of 0.39 during the game, Northwest only shot the ball 41 times. This was 27 less times than Three Rivers shot the ball. The Rangers also struggled from beyond the arc and only knocked down one of their seven three-point attempts.
Although Northwest outrebounded the Raiders on the defensive glass 26-22, NWCC only secured four offensive rebounds compared to Three Rivers' 14 offensive rebounds.
A bright spot in the game was Northwest's free throw percentage. Increasing it by over 40% from the game against Bishop State, the Rangers made 20 of their 25 free throws, good for an 80% rate.
Freshmen Morgan Thompson and Madison Holts were the only two NWCC players to eclipse the double digit mark in points. Thompson led the team in points with 19, and Holts followed closely behind with 15.
Although the Rangers improved upon their turnovers in their game against State Fair, they simply struggled to knock shots down and only made 17 out of their 58 shots, good for a .293 shooting percentage rate.
NWCC also once again fell into a free throw shooting slump, making only eight of 16 or 50% of their shots from the charity stripe.
Once again, Thompson led Northwest in points with 11. Thompson was the only Ranger to eclipse the double-digit mark in points.
The Rangers are back home on Tuesday, November 10 with a contest against East Mississippi Community College (1-1) at 5:30 p.m. at Howard Coliseum.
To stay up to date on the NWCC women's basketball team, follow the Ranger social media accounts or go to nwccrangers.com.
