CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Roush twins provided just about all the offense the NKU women’s basketball team needed Thursday night in an 83-51 beatdown of Cleveland State.

Christine Roush led all scorers with 26 points. Her twin sister, Courtney, scored a career-high 22 points. The two combined to finish just three points shy of the Viking team total.

NKU actually got off to a bit of a slow start. Cleveland State led 20-14 after one quarter.

It was all Norse from that point forward.

The Norse went on a 15-1 run to take a 27-21 lead with 6:09 left in the second. The Vikings cut the deficit to 29-28 with 4:11 remaining. Then they did not score for 6:32.

During that stretch, NKU outscored CSU 15-0 to take a 44-28 lead with 7:39 left in the third. The scoring onslaught continued for the Norse, as the ended the third quarter on a 17-5 run.

In total, the Norse outscored the Vikings 30-11 in the third to take a 66-39 lead going to the fourth. They cruised through the fourth quarter to break a three-game losing streak.

In addition to the big night for the Roush sisters, Kelley Wiegman had 11 points while Kasey Uetrecht had 10. NKU (11-8, 3-5 in Horizon League) shared the ball well, picking up 19 assists on 25 field goals.

Ashanti Abshaw led Cleveland State (4-14, 1-7) with 13 points and 8 rebounds. Cleveland State shot just 30.4 percent from the floor while Northern Kentucky shot 45.5 percent.

NKU will play the second of four straight Horizon League road games 1 p.m. Saturday at Youngstown State. The game will be televised on ESPN3.

Summary

Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016

@ Wolstein Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Northern Kentucky 83, Cleveland State 51

N — 14 – 22 – 30 – 17 — 83
C — 20 – 8 – 11 – 12 — 51

(83) NORTHERN KENTUCKY (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Ch. Roush 9-4-4-26, Co. Roush 9-2-2-22, Wiegman 1-1-8-11, Uetrecht 2-2-4-10, Sanders 2-0-0-4, Kinch 1-1-0-3, Glick 1-1-0-3, Lyttle 0-0-2-2, Gayheart 0-0-2-2. TOTALS 25-11-22-83.

(51) CLEVELAND STATE (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Abshaw 5-1-2-13, Voskuhl 3-1-0-7, Bosley 0-0-1-1, Livingston 2-2-0-6, Smith 1-0-2-4, Newman 4-2-0-10, Butler 0-0-1-1, Aideyman 2-0-1-5, Mitchell 0-0-4-4. TOTALS 17-6-11-51.

FIELD GOALS: N 25/55 (Ch. Roush 9/15, Co. Roush 9/13); C 17/56 (Abshaw 5/13, Newman 4/10)

3 POINT FIELD GOALS: N 11/26 (Ch. Roush 4/8, Co. Roush 2/4, Uetrecht 2/5); C 6/24 (Livingston 2/3)

FREE THROWS: N 22/29 (Wiegman 8/10, Uetrecht 4/4, Ch. Roush 4/4); C 11/23 (Mitchell 4/4)

REBOUNDS: N 45 (Lyttle 7, Ch. Roush 6, Co. Roush 6, Uetrecht 5, Gayheart 5); C 33 (Abshaw 8, Davidson 5)

ASSISTS: N 19 (Lyttle 5, Gayheart 5, Uetrecht 4); C 12 (Smith 4)

STEALS: N 9; C 8

BLOCKED SHOTS: N 3; C 1

TURNOVERS: N 19; C 20