The Memorial Sea-Hawks beat the Dalhousie Tigers 68-61 in AUS action on Sunday Afternoon.

The first quarter started out much like yesterday, this time with the Tigers holding Memorial off the scoreboard for almost four minutes. Gabrielle Roche (St. John's, NL) was able get the first basket for the Sea-Hawks. The rest of the quarter was back and forth action between the two teams, ending in a 14-12 lead for Memorial.

Alana Short (Barrie, ON) went to work in the second quarter scoring 8 of the SeaHawks 17 points. Andrea Hebert (St. Catherines, ON) was sent to the line four times, draining all of her shots to lead the Tigers in scoring at the half. Heading into the dressing room, the Tigers and SeaHawks were ties 31-31.

Short continued her scoring ways in the third quarter with Memorial ending the quarter up by five.

The Tigers comeback took a hit when leading scorer through three quarters, Andrea Hebert fouled out of the game. She ended the game with a team high 18 points, going 10-for-10 from the free throw line.

The Tigers pushed hard for the comeback leading to a tight fourth quarter, but were unable to overcome the deficit, falling to the Sea-Hawks 68-61.

Short finished the game with 24 points and 9 rebounds earning Subway Player of the Game honours.

The Tigers head on the road next weekend to play the STFX X-Women and the Cape Breton Capers. Memorial have the weekend off next weekend then return to Halifax on Jan. 20 to face the Saint Mary's Huskies.