SOMERS, Wis. - The Saginaw Valley State
University women's basketball team dropped a 79-60 contest to the
University of Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers Monday evening (Nov.
30).
The Rangers took a 43-30 advantage into the locker room, leading
by as much as 16 in the first half. In the second half, the
closest SVSU got was within 13 points, which was 2:10 into the
second frame.
Junior forward Brittany
Burkhardt (West Bloomfield, Mich./Walled Lake Central HS) led
the Lady Cardinals, being the only SVSU player to reach
double-digits for the game, with 11 points. Junior guard Tasha Balls
(Bridgeport, Mich./Buena Vista HS) was next for SVSU, contributing
nine points. Freshman forward Jasmine Kennedy
(Harper Woods, Mich./Grosse Pointe North HS) had eight points and
six rebounds in the defeat.
Jadee Rooney was the game-high scorer for the Rangers, finishing
with 18 points.
The loss evens the Lady Cardinals' record at 2-2 overall on the
season, while Parkside improves to 4-1 overall on the season with
the victory. SVSU will be in action again Thursday (Dec. 3),
when it welcomes GLIAC foe University of Findlay for a 6:00 pm
contest.
