Huskies top X-Women 62-45

(HALIFAX, N.S.)--The Saint Mary's Huskies defeated the StFX X-Women 62-45 Friday night in AUS women's basketball action from the Homburg Centre.

SMU's Angelina Carvery (Halifax, N.S.) led all scorers with 14 points as the Huskies jumped out to quarter leads of 20-11 and 30-23 at half.

Saint Mary's won a tight third quarter 11-10 and built a 41-33 lead heading into the fourth.

A 21-12 SMU fourth quarter gave the Huskies the 62-45 victory.

Kolbi Roper (North Vancouver, B.C.) paced StFX (4-16) with 13 points while Lindsay Lessard (Waterloo, Ont.) added 10.

Laura Langille (Bedford, N.S.) had a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds in the SMU win, who improve to 15-4 (38 points) and are tied with13-6 Dal and 12-6 UPEI for first place.

Rounding out the Huskies scoring were Kennisha-Shanice Luberisse (Montreal, Que.) with 12 points, Carlie Nugent (Richmond Hill, Ont.) eight, Emma Valikoski (Espoo, Finland) and Shanicka Wood (Ajax, Ont.) five points apiece.

Alexandra Smye (Halifax, N.S.) had three points for Saint Mary's while Veronica Vaickus (Baie-Comeau, Que.) had two and Katrina Murrell (Markham, Ont.) finished with a free throw and three rebounds.

Saint Mary's wraps up the regular season Saturday at 6pm hosting UPEI in a pivotal four-point game.

SMU Communications