CIS No.4 SMU beats CBU 70-51 in women’s basketball, take over first place
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cape Breton (11-6, 11-6) | 7 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 51 | |
Saint Mary's (15-1, 15-1) | 20 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 70 |
Cape Breton
Game Statistics | Cape Breton | Saint Mary's |
---|---|---|
Field Goals | (15-55) | (23-66) |
Field Goal % | 27.3% | 34.8% |
Rebounds | 41 | 47 |
Assists | 3 | 11 |
Turnovers | 17 | 7 |
Pts off Turnovers | 7 | 12 |
2nd Chance Pts | 7 | 6 |
Pts in the Paint | 20 | 26 |
Fastbreak Pts | 0 | 2 |
Bench Pts | 15 | 21 |
(Halifax, NS)—The CIS No. 4 SMU Huskies defeated the CBU Capers 70-51 Saturday evening in AUS women's basketball action from the Homburg Centre.
The 15-1 Huskies take over first-place in AUS play with 40 points, jumping idle 15-2 Acadia by two with a game in hand.
CBU's Alison Keough (Marion Bridge, NS) paced all scorers with a double-double on 19 points and 16 rebounds.
Jalynn Skeir (Halifax, NS) had eight points off the Caper bench.
CBU drops to 11-6 with 28 points, good for third-place in conference play.
Saint Mary's took a 20-7 opening quarter lead before using a 20-13 second quarter run to cushion their 40-20 halftime lead.
CBU outscored SMU 15-7 in the third quarter and the Huskies had a 47-35 lead after thirty minutes.
A 23-16 SMU fourth quarter score saw the Huskies win 70-51.
Rachelle Coward (Dartmouth, NS) scored 15 points for SMU while teammates Jenny Lewis (Fall River, NS) had 12 points off the bench and Kennisha-Shanice Luberisse (Montreal, QC) had 11 and four steals.
Shanieka Wood (Ajax, ON) finished with a double-double for SMU, 10 points and 13 rebounds.
Saint Mary's hosts 6-11 Dalhousie Wednesday evening while CBU travels to 3-13 StFX February 20th.
Tip-off for both games is at 6 pm.