WICHITA, Kan. – The Newman women's basketball team was firing on cylinders throughout Thursday evening's game, shooting the ball well and swarming on defense to help bring home an 88-42 victory over Central Christian.
 
KEY SEQUENCE
 
The Jets (7-2) didn't take long to get things started in the first quarter of play, getting out to a 14-0 lead in the first few minutes of the game and didn't look back as they overwhelmed the Tigers (4-5) throughout the remainder of the game.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
-Mali Wright would score the first basket of the contest with a jumper with 9:47 on the clock, then Newman would precede to score the next 12 points to get out to a 14-0 lead early in the contest.
 
-Melanie George would score the Jets final basket in the first quarter with 1:06 remaining, Newman would go into the second quarter with a 16-4 lead.
 
-Central Christian would get the score to 20-10 in the second quarter but that's the closest they would get throughout the rest of the game.
 
-The Jets would go on a 19-3 run to get out to a 39-13 lead with 3:39 remaining in the second quarter and during the run Newman hit three 3-pointers with two coming from Bria DeGrate and one from Hannah Alexander.
 
-An Iva Krstevska 3-pointer with 11 seconds left in the first half would put the score at 47-16 but a Tiger player would put up a half-court shot that would fall at the buzzer to make the score 47-19 heading into halftime.
 
-Cierra Tjaden scored the first Newman basket of the second half, while DeGrate added back-to-back 3-pointers to put the score at 63-28 with 4:02 left in the third quarter.
 
-A layup from Natalia Hausmann was the last Jet basket of the third quarter, which Newman took a 69-32 lead into the final quarter of play.
 
-Kendra Butler scored eight points in the final quarter of play to close out the 88-42 victory in favor of the Jets. 

LEADERS
 
Newman
Points: DeGrate, 21. Assists: Krstevska, 5. Rebounds: Butler, 11. Steals: DeGrate, 4. Blocks: DeGrate, 2.
 
Central Christian
Points: Abbie Banks, 13. Assists: Rebekah Glessner, 2. Rebounds: Piper Kalthoff, 6. Steals: Kalthoff, 2.
 
NOTES
 
-The Jets extended their winning streak to seven games, which is the longest since the 2011-12 season.
 
-With the win coach Darin Spence has reached the 500th win plateau across three different levels of collegiate basketball, including 56 with the Jets.
 
-Butler posted her first career double-double as a Jet, recording 17 points and grabbing 11 boards.
 
-Newman shot an impressive 50 percent from the field, which is the third time the Jets have done that in the first nine games of the season.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
 
The Jets take on Southwestern College Monday at 7:00 p.m. inside Fugate Gymnasium.