Box Score The Lindenwood women's basketball team scored a double-double Saturday in Warrensburg.

Not only did the Lady Lions beat No. 8 ranked and MIAA-leading University of Central Missouri 65-64, but they snapped the Jennies' 21-game winning streak at the Multipurpose Building. It is the biggest win of the season by the suddenly surging Lady Lions (10-7 overall, 5-5 conference) who've won two straight.

As the final few seconds of the upset ticked down, with the Lady Lions leading by a slim point, Central Missouri junior Brielle Wattley tried to drive baseline through a Lindenwood double team but never got off a shot and Lady Lions freshman Kassidy Gengenbacher was credited with the steal.

"We were getting stagnant late in the game on offense because of their zone but we were buckling down and playing solid defense," Lindenwood coach Tony Francis said. "We're going to get out, get down low, switch every screen and contest every shot. And we did that. (Wattley) trying driving into the lane and we collapsed on her and Kassidy ended up with the ball."

Wattley made a layup with 1 minute 51 seconds left to give the Jennies  a 62-61 lead. Senior Caroline Bourlioux answered with a jump shot to make the score 63-62 Lady Lions with 1:38 left. After two Jennies free throws, senior Marissa Lehnig scored to give the Lady Lions a 65-64 lead.

On the Jennies next possession, sophomore Jenny Rocha stole the ball from Wattley, but Winkelmann got a piece of Lehnig's three-point shot and the Lady Lions took timeout with 11 seconds left and possession. Bourlioux couldn't get the shot off before the shot clock expired and the Jennies had one last chance with 10.3 seconds left.

Lindenwood led 33-25 at halftime and for most of the second half. Guard Shelby Winkelmann took a pass from teammate Revonnia Howard and drained a three-point basket to cut the Lady Lions lead to 58-56 with 3:56 left to play. But that was answered with a trey by the MIAA's leading three-point shooter, junior Morgan Johnson, with an assist by Rocha.

"They get so many points from the foul line because of they're athleticism," Francis said. "I knew in the second half they would attack us. It was a team effort to contain (Keuna Flax) as best as we could. Give the girls credit, they could have folded and said this is too tough but they didn't."

Gengenbacher scored 17 points for the second straight game and led the Lady Lions in scoring and five steals. Lehnig (14 points), Bourlioux (12) and sophomore Dru Haertling (10) also scored in double figures for the Lady Lions. Haertling sank a three-pointer to give the Lady Lions a 50-42 lead with 11:20 left. She had scored eight points in the previous five games.

The Lady Lions held MIAA scoring leader Keuna Flax to two points at halftime, but Flax, who was averaging 20.6 points going into the game, got hot in the second half and finished with a game-high 21 points. Flax was coming off scoring a career-high 35 points against Lincoln.

Central Missouri is second in the MIAA in scoring and was held to 13 points under its season average. The Jennies shot just 37 percent from the field. The Lady Lions, second in the MIAA in field goal percentage, scored 21 points on 20 Jennies turnovers and made 14 of 16 free throws.

The Lady Lions return to Hyland Arena Thursday to play Northwest Missouri (5-12, 2-8) at 5:30 p.m. The Lady Lions are 7-2 at home this season.