ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - The Saginaw Valley State
University women's basketball team opened its road schedule by
defeating Lewis University in a non-conference game Saturday (Nov.
28) by a score of 69-64. The win moves the Lady Cardinals to
2-1 on the young season the Flyers remain winless for the 2009-10
campaign at 0-3.
Lewis started the game hot, coming-out and grabbing an early 8-0
lead in the contest and leading at the half, 30-23. SVSU
would come back to take a lead it would not relinquish at 42-40 at
the 11:10 mark in the second half. From there, the Cardinal
lead would extend to a game-high 12 with 4:38 left in the contest
before finishing-out for the win.
Junior forward Kelley Wesp
(Cincinnati, Ohio/Glen Este HS) paced SVSU offensively with 20
points on 8-13 shooting from the floor. Fellow junior forward
Brittany
Burkhardt (West Bloomfield, Mich./Walled Lake Central HS) had
14 points for the Cardinals. Junior guard Tasha Balls
(Bridgeport, Mich./Buena Vista HS) was the only other SVSU player
to reach double-figures for the night, as she contributed 10 points
to the victory. Freshman forward Jasmine Kennedy
(Harper Woods, Mich./Grosse Pointe North HS) had a game-high eight
rebounds in the contest while adding seven points and freshman
guard Aysha
Boston (Detroit, Mich./Renaissance HS) had nine points and six
boards.
SVSU will continue on the road with a contest at the University
of Wisconsin-Parkside on Monday (Nov. 30) in another non-conference
game against a Great Lakes Valley Conference school.
