The women's basketball team traveled to Kansas City, Kansas Saturday afternoon to take on the Blue Devils of Kansas City Kansas Community College. The Blue Devils entered the game with a 11-1 record while averaging over 85 points per game and a perfect 7-0 record at home. The Tigers are coming off a 73-50 victory over the Braves of Black Hawk College that saw the Tigers shoot 50% from the field collectively. Saturday afternoon the Tigers would have issues scoring and would fall to the Blue Devils 68-37.
The Tigers would struggle mightily on offense as the team shot 26% from the field and 31% from the free throw line. Alyssa Roth would lead the Tigers in scoring, going 3-11 from the field for 8 points on the day. The Blue Devils would shot 43% collectively with help from Niji Collier who went 7-10 from the field for 15 points.
The 5-6 Tigers will be back in action Wednesday (12/6) when they travel to Cedar Rapids to take on Kirkwood Community College. The Eagles are currently 7-2 after defeating Iowa Western on Saturday afternoon. The game is set to start at 5:30 with a live stream provided on mccathltics.com and posted on the MCC Athletics Facebook and Twitter pages.