Notables -CSS outscored North Central 35-to-23 in the second half.-The Saints had four players score in double figures.-CSS made 9-of-15 shots from the 3-point line while NCU made just 4-of-20
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (csssaints.com) – St. Scholastica women's basketball defeated North Central University by a score of 75-59 in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) contest for its fifth straight win.
The game began with CSS and NCU trading buckets for the first four minutes of the game, and with 15:51 left in the half the score was 9-7 in favor of CSS.
The next bucket for CSS scored by
Brittani Brennan (Ashland, Wis./Ashland HS) sparked a 19-4 run over the next roughly seven minutes to take a commanding 28-11 lead with 8:30 to go in the first half.
The large lead would not last long, however, as the Rams answered the 19-4 CSS run by outscoring the Saints over the last 8:30 25-12 to go into halftime down by just four points at 40-36.
The second half began with CSS again going on a large scoring run, this time an 18-4 run to give themselves an 18 point lead with 13:17 left in the game.
The Saints would build up their lead as high as 23 points as they coasted out the rest of the second half en route to a convincing 75-59 UMAC win over North Central.
Kelsey Sorenson-Giffrow (Braham, Minn./Braham HS (Minn. Duluth)) led the Saints in scoring with 16 points on the night while
Holly VanKempen (Elbow Lake, Minn./West Central HS) and Brennan added 14 of their own. The final Saints to score in double figures was
Elena Huber (Northfield, Minn./Northfield HS) who totaled 11 points on the night.
Jamie High finished with 25 points and 10 rebounds for NCU.
CSS (11-11, 8-3 UMAC) will next be in action Saturday when they travel to St. Paul to take on Northwestern. Catch all the action live at Saints Sports Net.
