(HALIFAX, N.S.) - The Acadia Axewomen defeated the Saint Mary's Huskies 61-58 on Wednesday night in AUS women's basketball action from the Homburg Centre.
Chanel Smith's (Halifax, N.S.) three-pointer with 63 seconds left gave Acadia a 60-58 fourth quarter lead and the Axewomen held on late for the win.
Acadia jumped out to a quick 13-7 first quarter lead before the Huskies were able to tie the second quarter scoring at 23-23 for the 36-30 Axewomen halftime lead.
Saint Mary's erased the Acadia lead with a 17-11 third quarter frame and tied the game up 47-47 after 30 minutes.
The fourth quarter saw SMU lead by as much as six points but Acadia won the fourth quarter scoring 14-11, good enough for the 61-58 win.
Leading Acadia on the night was Paloma Anderson (Phoenix, Arizona) with 21 points, Katie Ross (Bedford, N.S.) had 16 points and Smith finished with 14 points.
Acadia improves to 4-13 on the year.
The loss drops Saint Mary's to 13-4 and puts the Huskies in a three-way 1st place tie with both Dal and UPEI at 11-6 while all three teams sit on 32 points.
Laura Langille (Bedford, N.S.) lead the Huskies and all scorers with 24 points on the night while teammate Kennisha-Shanice Luberisse (Montreal, Que.) finished with a double-double, good for 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Rounding out the Huskies scoring were Carlie Nugent (Richmond Hill, Ont.) with six points while Angelina Carvery (Halifax, N.S.) and Alexandra Smye (Halifax, N.S.) had five points apiece.
Katrina Murrell (Markham, Ont.) finished with four points for the Huskies while Espoo, Finland's Emma Valikoski chipped in two points. Shanieka Wood (Ajax, Ont.) added 13 rebounds for SMU.
SMU returns to action Saturday, Feb. 14 as they travel to the 9-8 CBU Capers for a 6 p.m. game worth four points in the standings.
Source: Saint Mary's Sports Communications