MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Career days from Molly Franson and Courtney Roush led a dramatic fourth quarter comeback for the Northern Kentucky University women's basketball team in a 72-70 win over Robert Morris on Sunday Afternoon at the Charles L. Sewall Center.
 
Franson led the Norse with 16 points, all in the second half, and eight rebounds while Courtney Roush scored 10 points, including six in the fourth quarter. Together, Franson and Roush accounted for 16 of NKU's 18 fourth-quarter points.
 
With 5:05 left in the game, Shar'Rae Davis picked up an offensive rebound off a Kelley Wiegman miss and, looking to put it off an RMU player and out of bounds, bounced the ball to Roush for a layup to put the Norse ahead for good.
 
The basket came in the midst of a 13-2 Norse run spanning 5:36 of the fourth quarter. NKU shot 7-for-10 from inside the arc in the fourth quarter and 46.6 percent (27-for-58) on the game.
 
Wiegman and Christine Roush each added 12 points for the Norse, all from long range, while Rianna Gayheart added nine points and a season-high seven assists.
 
The first half was a shootout between the teams, as the Norse and Colonials each shot over 50 percent from the field. NKU was even better from beyond the arc, hitting 7-of-12 long-distance shots. A 13-1 RMU run in the first quarter set the tone for the first half, as the Colonials carried a 44-37 lead into halftime.
 
NKU returns home for a midweek matchup on Wednesday as the Norse entertain SEC power Kentucky. Tip off from BB&T Arena is set for 7 p.m., with the action broadcast live on ESPN3.
 
NORSE NOTES
 

• NKU won the battle on the boards, 36-34, marking the fourth time this season the Norse have outrebounded their opposition.
• Today's game is the fifth time NKU has scored 70 or more points. NKU is 4-0 in those games.
• NKU's 10 made three-pointers are a season high, as are their 22 assists and six blocks on the contest.