WOU Athletics
49
Winner Saint Martin's SM 9-7,6-1 Great Northwest
39
Western Ore. WOU 9-6,4-3 Great Northwest
Winner
Saint Martin's SM
9-7,6-1 Great Northwest
49
Final
39
Western Ore. WOU
9-6,4-3 Great Northwest
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Saint Martin's SM 10 10 9 20 49
Western Ore. WOU 7 6 13 13 39

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women’s Basketball defeats Western Oregon in gritty road matchup

MONMOUTH, Ore. — The Saint Martin's Women's Basketball team was victorious 49-39 against Western Oregon on Saturday, 

The game was a low-scoring grudge match, but the Saints capitalized on a 39-30 team rebounding advantage and a stifling defensive effort to come away with a 10-point GNAC road victory. The win improved the Saints' record 10-6 overall and 6-1 in GNAC play.

How It Happened
First Quarter

  • The Saints fell behind 7-2 to start the game, but capped off the quarter with a 8-2 run that flipped the script and gave Saint Martin's an early advantage.
  • Jada Travis and Avery Oaster scored four points each in the first.

Second Quarter

  • Within the first minute of the second quarter, Harper Wagner hit a jumper and Jada Travis hit a three-pointer to put Saint Martin's up 15-7 with 9:05 on the clock.
  • In another low-scoring quarter, a jumper by Laiken Hill snapped a nearly three-minute scoreless streak to put the Saints up 20-10 with 1:44 left in the first half. Western Oregon hit a three-pointer in the final minute of the half, trimming the Saint Martin's lead to 20-13 at the halftime break.

Third Quarter

  • Saint Martin's pushed ahead by 11 (26-15) with 6:18 on the clock, but the Wolves responded with a 9-0 run the trimmed the Saints' lead to 26-24 with 1:43 on the clock.
  • The Saints added free-throws down the stretch and led 29-26 heading into the fourth quarter.

Fourth Quarter

  • In the highest-scoring quarter of the game, the Saints out scored the Wolves 20-13 and shot 5-10 (50%) from the field.
  • The Saints opened the quarter on a 10-0 run, with the first six points coming from Kiana Rios. The run pushed the Saints' lead to 39-26 with 4:49 left in regulation.
  • Back-to-back three-pointers from Western Oregon ended the run and cut Saint Martin's lead to 39-32 with 3:43 left in regulation.
  • The Wolves came as close as six points with 1:25 left in the game, but the Saints went 6-6 on free-throws down the stretch to pull away and win 49-39.

Top Performers

  • Three Saints finished in double-figures, led by Jada Travis with 15 points. She shot 6-8 from the free-throw line and added two assists and two steals.
  • Kiana Rios totaled 12 points and seven rebounds.
  • Avery Oaster scored 10 points and added five rebounds and three blocks.

Team Stat of the Game

  • The Saints limited the Wolves to 28.8% from the field, the second lowest opponent field goal percentage in a game this season for Saint Martin's.

Up Next

The Saints will continue a three-game road stretch, facing Central Washington on Jan. 22 and Northwest Nazarene on Jan. 24.

 

PACK THE PAV — Jan. 29

HOMECOMING — Feb. 21


 
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