CEDAR FALLS –The Northern Iowa women’s basketball team played host to the Missouri Valley Conference’s top offense, but the Panthers showed the Racers a thing or two.

Emerson Green scored a game-high 23 points on 11-of-15 shooting, and Maya McDermott and Kayba Laube added 20 points apiece as the Panthers outscored Murray State 95-75 in Friday night’s MVC showdown at the McLeod Center.

Northern Iowa (5-9, 4-1) handed the Racers (12-3, 5-1) their first conference loss behind a fast start that was a display of offensive efficiency. The Panthers led 55-29 at the halftime after shooting 22-for-40 (55 percent) from the floor before the break.

Murray State outscored UNI 46-40 in the second half, but it wasn’t enough.

Grace Boffeli contributed 10 points and a game-high 13 rebounds for UNI, and Shateah Wetering added eight points.

Katelyn Young, Hannah McKay and Haven Ford scored 12 points apiece to lead Murray State.

UNI 95, Murray St. 75

MURRAY ST. (12-3, 5-1) — Pena 2-4 2-2 8, Conner 2-3 0-0 4, Sanders-Woods 1-6 5-7 7, McKay 5-8 0-0 12, Young 5-9 2-3 12, Ford 4-8 2-2 12, White 1-4 0-0 3, Walker 0-1 2-2 2, Learn 4-10 3-3 11, Stewart 1-8 0-0 2, Thomas 0-0 2-2 2. TOTALS 25-61 18-21 75.

N. IOWA (5-9, 4-1) — McDermott 7-14 6-6 20, Green 11-15 0-0 23, Wetering 2-5 2-2 8, Laube 7-12 0-0 20, Boffeli 4-13 2-3 10, Morgan 2-4 0-0 6, Foster 0-0 0-0 0, Goebel 1-3 2-2 4, Wharton 1-4 0-0 2, Robinson 0-0 0-0 0, Holterhaus 0-0 0-0 0, Heittola 1-2 0-0 2, Reyerson 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 36-72 12-13 95.

MURRAY ST. 13 16 25 21 — 75

N. IOWA 29 26 14 26 — 95

3-Point Goals–Murray St. 7-25 (McKay 2-3, Pena 2-4, Ford 2-5, White 1-4, Learn 0-1, Walker 0-1, Young 0-2, Stewart 0-2, Sanders-Woods 0-3), UNI 11-23 (Laube 6-9, Morgan 2-2, Wetering 2-3, Green 1-3, Heittola 0-1, Boffeli 0-2). Rebounds–Murray St. 31 (Young 10), UNI 43 (Boffeli 13). Assists–Murray St. 16 (Young 6), UNI 19 (McDermott, Green 6). Total Fouls–Murray St. 16, UNI 17. Fouled Out–none. A–3,923.