MORRIS, Minn. - The home court has been very nice to the Minnesota Morris women's basketball team.

The Cougars completed a perfect 6-for-6 homestand with a convincing 75-49 win Saturday afternoon over Northwestern at Jim Gremmels Court. The win keeps the Cougars undefeated in conference play.

Minnesota Morris used an early spurt to put together a double-digit first quarter lead Friday night against North Central and they used the same formula on Saturday. After spotting Northwestern the game's first five points, the Cougars went on a 20-2 run to take a 13-point advantage late in the first quarter. Abby Van Kempen came off the bench to provide a spark as she collected seven points and grabbed six boards in the spurt. The Eagles countered with a mini-spurt of 8-2 to close out the quarter though to make it 22-15 going into the second quarter.

It was Bailey Miller who provided a punch off the bench in the second quarter. She connected on back-to-back 3s to push the Cougars lead back over double digits at 35-24 halfway through the stanza. The lead would get to 15 by halftime following a Mauren Thiesen lay-in in the closing seconds.

The Cougars outscored Northwestern 19-9 in the third quarter to take a comfortable 25-point lead into the final quarter. Kendra Raths gave UMM its first 20-point lead of the game with a 3 in the quarter's first minute. Later, Courtney Dague's lay-in gave the Cougars their largest lead at 60-34 with 2:19 left in the frame. UMM's largest lead came at 32 points in the fourth quarter.

The Cougars held Northwestern to just 28 percent shooting from the floor and held a 57-32 edge on the boards.

Van Kempen came within a point of collecting her seventh double-double of the season with a 9-point, 16-rebound effort. Raths was a point and a rebound shy of a double-double. Miller had a team-high 13 points on 3-of-4 shooting from downtown.

Minnesota Morris (9-4, 6-0 in UMAC) has a first-place meeting at UW-Superior ahead on Friday.