ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Lindenwood women's basketball (4-5, 0-0 OVC) drop their final non-conference game of the season against Omaha (7-5, 0-0 SL) by a final score of 73-66. The Lions end their non-conference schedule with a 4-5 record, their most wins before entering Ohio Valley Conference play.

LU was led by Justis Odom who was tied for the team lead with 16 points. Odom shot 5-10 from the floor including 6-8 from the line while grabbing a team-high eight rebounds. Mya Skoff also added 16 points off the bench while shooting 6-9 with three triples.

Gracy Wernli and Brooke Coffey also had double-figures in the loss with 10 each. Coffey played in just 18 minutes due to early foul trouble. The Illinois State transfer shot 4-9 from the floor while adding four rebounds and two steals. Wernli was 4-7 from the floor on her way to her 10 points.

Lindenwood shot 42.4% from the floor and went 6-21 from three-point range. Lions had a late comeback getting it down to six points with under two minutes to play, but as a team were held to 35.3% shooting from the floor in the fourth. Omaha shot 45.3% for the game (24-53) while making 22-23 at the foul line.

Lindenwood opened up a 14-10 lead in the first quarter including an early four points from Odom. The Lions started the game shooting 6-9 from the field including a perfect 2-2 from three. LU capitalized on four Omaha turnovers early scoring five points off of those. The lead was cut to one after a fast break layup from Lauren Perry with under a minute left. Wernli scored a layup with three seconds left to give LU a three-point lead after one 19-16.
 
Omaha started the second half on a 5-0 run to take a 21-19 lead, their first since early in the first quarter. Skoff and Mykyala Cunningham got back-to-back buckets to fall for their own 5-0 run to go up 24-21. Ja Harney scored a layup with 5:30 left to take the lead back at 27-26.
 
The Mavericks ended the half on an 11-3 run as they led 38-29 at halftime. Lindenwood was held to 30.8% shooting from the floor in the second quarter including 1-6 from three. Omaha was a perfect 7-7 from the foul line to extend their lead. Odom had a team high nine points at the break.
 
Omaha was able to score 18 points in the paint during the first half while going 10-10 at the foul line. Cora Olsen led all scorers with 10 points after 20 minutes of action. The Mavericks were active on the boards out-rebounding Lindenwood 23-12 in the first half.
 
Lindenwood started the third quarter shooting 3-5 from the field, but still trailed 44-36 with 6:54 remaining. Coffey had an early five points in the quarter shooting 2-3 from the field. Gracy Wernli's three right after the media timeout cut the lead to five.
 
LU outscored the Mavericks 22-18 in the third quarter while shooting 53.3% from the floor. Skoff had five points in the quarter as the Lions found themselves down 56-51 with 10 minutes left. Lindenwood dominated on the glass in the third period out-rebounding Omaha 11-4.

Omaha opened up the lead to 14 points in the fourth quarter with a layup by Ja Harvey, as it was too much for the Lions to comeback from. LU cut the lead to under six with 1:17 left, but the Mavericks were able to escape with a win in Hyland. LU was 6-17 from the floor in the fourth quarter whereas Omaha was 5-10 including 6-6 from the foul line.

Lindenwood will open up conference play next Thursday, Dec. 19th against Tennessee Tech starting at 5:00 p.m. CT. For more information go to lindenwoodlions.com.