Maggie Thompson

The Lady Miners took a breather from Great Lakes Valley Conference play Wednesday night -- and the game they played turned into an breeze for them.

UMR posted its largest margin of victory this season as it rolled to an 84-49 victory over Lindenwood at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. Every player except for one scored in the tenth win of the season for the Lady Miners.

The Lady Lions hung around with UMR for the first eight minutes of play, then UMR ran off an 18-2 run over the next six minutes to build a 20-point lead with 6:50 to go in the half. During that point in the first half, the Lady Miners held Lindenwood without a field goal from the 12:33 mark when the score was 13-9 until 5:13 remained in the opening half.

UMR shot 47 percent in the first half and had good balance in the scoring column as four players had at least six points apiece. In addition, the Lady Miners held the Lady Lions to 33.3 percent from the floor and forced 15 turnovers that led to 14 UMR points.

The Lady Miners led 44-20 at halftime, then outscored Lindenwood 17-2 over the first seven-plus minutes of the second half to put the game well out of reach.

UMR came into the contest with a significant size advantage and made the most of it, scoring 44 points in the paint to Lindenwood's 16 and getting 13 second chance points in the contest. UMR also outrebounded the Lady Lions by a 46-27 margin.

Tamara McCaskill led the Lady Miners with 14 points on the night while Katie Bunge had 13; both players had eight rebounds apiece to lead the way. UMR also got 10 points from Maggie Thompson, as the Lady Miner bench got significant playing time and scored 47 of UMR's 84 points on the night.

Lindenwood (7-12) was led by Ashley Comer with 15 points. The Lady Lions shot only 28 percent for the game and scored nearly half of their points -- 24 of their 49 -- at the free throw line.

UMR (10-8) will host Missouri-St. Louis on Fort Leonard Wood Appreciation Day Saturday at 1 p.m. All fans with a military identification card will be admitted free of charge to Saturday's doubleheader as the men's team will play UMSL at 3 p.m.