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ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team snapped a four-game losing skid with an 87-41 victory today over Crown College.

The Saints improve to 3-5 overall and 1-1 in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). The Storm fall to 0-4 overall and 0-2 in the league. CSS is 21-0 all-time against Crown.

The Storm led for the first eight minutes of the contest, but then the Saints used an 11-0 run to take the lead for good. Later in the first half, CSS went on an 8-0 run to extend its lead to 41-24. The Saints went into the locker room with a 45-27 advantage.

The Saints shot 41-percent in the first half and had a 26-14 rebounding edge. Crown shot 48-percent for the half, but committed 16 turnovers, which led to 14 CSS points.

St. Scholastica used an 18-0 run at the start of the second to lengthen its lead to 69-29. The margin got as high as 48 before the Saints settled for an 87-41 victory.

The Saints shot 43-percent for the game and had 27 offensive rebounds that led to 18 second-chance points. The Storm shot 48-percent for the game, but finished with 36 turnovers. The Saints out-scored the Storm 36-14 in the paint.

CSS had 15 of its 16 players get in the scoring column in today's game. The Saints bench had a 42-3 scoring advantage. #Kirsten Haukom# (Sr.-Marshall, Minn.) led the way with 21 points. #Laura Amys# (So.-South Range, Wis./Superior) and #Taylor Fellbaum# (So.-Minong, Wis./Northwood) both added 10 points. #Taylor Tyllia# (Fr.-Duluth, Minn./East) and #Kelly Cinquegrani# (Jr.-Buffalo, Minn.) each had a team-high six rebounds.

The Saints will play their final home game of the 2009 calendar year on Tuesday when they host North Central University at Reif Gym in the Burns Wellness Commons. The action is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. The game can be seen live, courtesy of the iFan Sports Network, at csssaints.com.