ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Lindenwood women's basketball (17-7, 13-2 OVC) pushes their win streak to eight games after defeating Morehead State (8-17, 3-12 OVC) by a final score of 68-61 at home inside Hyland Arena. The Lions now have their longest win streak in program history at eight games, and the longest since the 2018-19 season when they had seven in a row.

Mya Skoff tied her career-high with 20 points after shooting 7-13 from the field, making three threes along the way. She was one of three Lindenwood Lions to draw six fouls against Morehead State. Skoff also led the team in minutes played with just over 34.

Justis Odom and Brooke Coffey both had 11 points for the Lions. Odom only shot 3-5 from the floor but went to the line seven times making five. She was a rebound shy of a double-double after grabbing a team-high nine rebounds. Coffey shot 4-7 from the floor grabbing four boards as well while dishing out four assists. She has had at least four assists in three straight games.

As a team, Lindenwood shot 45.8% from the floor and 6-17 from three. They also went to the foul line 24 times making 18 of them. Morehead State was held to 40.9% from the floor while going 3-15 from three. The Lions assisted on 17 of their 27 made field-goals while MSU had 12.

The Eagles just edged the Lions on the glass 35-34 while adding 11 rebounds to Lindenwood's five. Morehead State's defense caused LU to turn the ball over 21 times, scoring 14 points off of those. Lindenwood's defense created 16 turnovers coring 18 points.

It was a back-and-forth first six minutes of the ball game as they two teams were tied with 4:24 left in the first quarter. Lindenwood's offense got a spark late in the quarter to go on a 13-2 run as they led 24-12 after the first 10 minutes. LU shot 7-10 from the field in the first, led by Gracy Wernli with seven points.

Morehead State responded with a 8-0 run to start the second quarter as the cut Lindenwood's lead to three points. Again Lindenwood's offense was able to respond with a 14-2 run as they entered halftime with a38-23 lead. Wernli led the way with eight points while Coffey added seven. LU shot 47.8% from the field in the first half while MSU was held to 30.3%.

Lindenwood started the third quarter just 1-4 from the field as Morehead State capitalized on five LU turnovers to go on a 10-2 run, cutting the lead to 40-33 with 4:58 left in the quarter. LU was held to just seven third quarter points as they went into the fourth leading 45-41.

Skoff took control in the fourth quarter scoring 11 of her 20 points in the final 10 minutes of the game. She shot a perfect 4-4 from the field to end the game as LU out-scored the Eagles 23-20 in the final frame. MSU got it to as close as four points with 6:54 remaining, but the Lions out-lasted the Eagles after shooting 9-12 in the final quarter.

This marks their 8th straight win of the season which is the 24th longest active win streak in the country. They are still tied with Tennessee Tech a-top the OVC with a 13-2 OVC record. Their 17 wins are also the most since the 2019-20 season.

Lindenwood has a big-game on Saturday, Feb. 15th as they take on Southern Indiana on ESPNU at 11:00 a.m. CT. Students will receive free breakfast and lunch at the game along with a chance to win some Under Armour apparel. For more information go to lindenwoodlions.com.