BILLINGS, Mont. – Elin Johansson career high and Megan Wiedeman set the Saint Martin's University career-block record as the Saints women's basketball team fell to Montana State University Billings 64-49 at Alterowitz Gymnasium on Thursday night.

Wiedeman recorded three blocks in tonight's game to break the SMU career-block record. She now has 126 blocks in her career to break the record of 125 set by Juanita Mebane from 1994-98.

Win-Loss
The Saints fell to 5-8 overall and 3-3 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and Montana State Billings move to 8-5 overall and 4-1 in league play. SMU and the Yellowjackets have split games in the last two years with both teams winning at home. This was the fourth game in seven days for the Saints.

What's Next
SMU is back in action in Marcus Pavilion on Wednesday to face Western Washington. The game with tip off at 8 p.m. and can be seen live on ROOT Sports.

Top Performers
SMU was led by Elin Johansson, who had a career-high 18 points and Krista Stabler added 11 points. Megan Wiedeman recorded 10 rebounds and had three blocks. With her three blocks she breaks the Saint record for career-blocked shots. Wiedeman now has 126 blocks in her career at SMU to break the record of 125 set by Juanita Mebane from 1994-98.

MSUB was led by Alisha Breen, who had 18 points and Rylee Kane had 14 points.

Team Stats
SMU shot 38.3 percent for the game to MSUB's 40.3 percent. The Yellowjackets scored 24 points off of the 17 turnovers by the Saints.

The Game
Billings took the early 5-0 lead in the first quarter and went ahead by seven. SMU was able to pull the game within one at 9-8 after Johansson, Stabler and Shelbie Drey all made baskets. The Yellowjackets then went on a 9-0 run to take a 10-point lead and would go ahead by 18 points in the second quarter. SMU ended the quarter on a 7-0 run to cut the lead to 11 at 34-23.

In the third quarter, the Saints continued that run to pull the game within seven and came within two at 38-36 after Stabler hit a three. Points went back-and-forth to keep within two at 40-38 but then the Yellowjackets went on a 6-0 run and ended the third quarter with a 10-point lead. MSUB kept that lead and it grew in the fourth quarter and the Yellowjackets took the win.

Comments From Head Coach
"We got off to a slow start tonight and got ourselves in a hole," said head coach Tim Healy. "We battled back to come within two in the third quarter but kind of ran out of steam in the fourth. I think four games in seven days took its toll." 

"Really proud of the team," said Healy. "I thought the team is learning to compete and in spite of not playing our best we played hard to the end. Give MSUB credit they played hard and were very physical. We have to learn to be physical when the other team is allowed to be that physical, just all part of the process."

"I thought Elin Johansson played very well and really kept us in the game at times," added Healy.