Cedar Falls, Iowa - A late surge by the Wichita State University women's basketball team was not enough to overcome a second-half deficit as Northern Iowa downed the Shockers 59-49 Saturday afternoon at the McLeod Center.  Wichita State finished the game on a 10-0 run and held UNI to two points in the final 9:30.

Haleigh Lankster led the Shockers with 10 points, her seventh straight game in double figures.  Michelle Price added nine points, a block, and two steals while hitting four of her six shots. 

Wichita State raced out to a 7-2 lead behind five of Lankster's points.  Northern Iowa retaliated with a 22-3 run that included a stretch of nearly eight minutes without a Shocker point.  Armed with a 24-10 lead, the Panthers continued to hold the Shockers at bay until the latter part of the second half.

A Price jumper in the lane with 2:35 remaining sparked the 10-0 run Wichita State used to close the contest but the deficit proved to be too large to overcome. 

The Shockers return home Thursday night at 7:05 against Indiana State.