Huskies spilt UNB weekend series with 61-56 win
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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Saint Mary's (11-4, 11-4) | 9 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 53 | |
UNB (6-11, 6-11) | 9 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 48 |
UNB
Game Statistics | Saint Mary's | UNB |
---|---|---|
Field Goals | (18-59) | (19-52) |
Field Goal % | 30.5% | 36.5% |
Rebounds | 34 | 30 |
Assists | 6 | 9 |
Turnovers | 16 | 25 |
Pts off Turnovers | 19 | 10 |
2nd Chance Pts | 9 | 6 |
Pts in the Paint | 24 | 24 |
Fastbreak Pts | 0 | 0 |
Bench Pts | 8 | 12 |
(HALIFAX, NS)—The Saint Mary's Huskies defeated the visiting UNB Varsity Reds 61-56 in Atlantic university sport women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon from the Homburg Centre.
A trio of Huskies—Jasmine Cain (Halifax, NS), Kennisha-Shanice Luberisse (Montreal, QC), and Shanieka Wood (Ajax, ON)—scored 11 points apiece in the win.
UNB led by three points, 22-19 after 10 minutes and SMU used a 16-15 second quarter score to cut the Varsity Reds lead to two, 37-35 at the half.
Saint Mary's jumped out to a 13-6 third quarter score and SMU took the lead 48-45 after thirty minutes.
A 13-13 fourth quarter saw SMU hold on to their five-point lead and win 61-56.
Fifth-year guard Laura Kaye (Fredericton, NB) led all scorers with 21 points in the loss for UNB, who drop to 4-2 on the year.
Point guard Mikaela Dodig (Bolton, ON) finished with 14 points for the V-Reds while forward Emily MacLeod (Fredericton, NB) added six.
Katrina Murrell (Markham, ON) chipped in 10 points for SMU, who improve to 3-3 on the year.
Both teams wrap up their fall semester AUS schedule next week with games worth 4-points.
The Varsity Reds host 3-2 Memorial University November 25th and 26th in Fredericton while The Huskies travels down the road to cross-town rival 2-3 Dalhousie University November 21st.
Tip-off for all games is 6 pm.
Dominic Nolasco, SMU Communications
Photo Nick Pearce