(HALIFAX, N.S.) - The Saint Mary's Huskies defeated the Memorial Sea-Hawks 71-56 on Sunday afternoon in AUS women's basketball action from the Homburg Centre.
The win improves Saint Mary's to 13-3 and grabs a share of first place with 11-6 UPEI.
Memorial falls to 8-8 and fifth place, four points up on 7-9 UNB.
The Huskies built a 20-16 first quarter lead and went into the half leading 36-31.
A 19-6 third quarter run put the Huskies up 55-37 after 30 minutes.
Memorial outscored SMU 19-16 in the fourth quarter and the Huskies held on for the 71-56 win.
Douglas, Arizona native Tianna Brown paced the Sea-Hawks with 11 points while Kelia Pond (Goulds, N.L.) and Megan Robinson (Waterloo, Ont.) had nine points apiece.
Angelina Carvery (Halifax, N,S.) had the hot Huskies hand, dropping 17 points on 4-of-5 three-point shooting, while teammates Kennisha-Shanice Luberisse (Montreal, Que.) had 12 points and Espoo, Finland native Emma Valikoski had 11.
Rounding out the SMU scoring on the afternoon was Laura Langille (Bedford, N.S.) with nine points, Shanicka Wood (Ajax, Ont.) with eight points, Katrina Murrell (Markham, Ont.) with six, Alexandra Smye (Halifax, N.S.) with five and Carlie Nugent (Richmond Hill, Ont.) with three points.
Saint Mary's returns to action hosting 3-13 Acadia this Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Homburg Centre.
Source: Saint Mary's Sports Communications