UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Saginaw
Valley State women's basketball team gave the visiting
Northern Michigan Wildcats a run, but couldn't prevail in the
end as they fell, 73-62, tonight (Feb. 26).
Leading the way for SVSU, sophomore forward Brittany Burkhardt
(West Bloomfield, Mich.) drained a team-high 23 points, and grabbed
six rebounds, while senior point guard Tricia Everett (Saginaw,
Mich.) contributed 15 points, and pulled down a team-high seven
rebounds. Freshman guard Marah Kyle (Bluffton, Ind.) rounded out
the Cardinals' top scorers with 13 points.
For the game, Saginaw Valley State shot 22-of-52 (42.3 percent)
from the floor, and changed in 17-of-22 (77.3 percent) from the
charity stripe.
The loss drops SVSU's record to 3-23 overall, and 2-19 in
the GLIAC, while Northern Michigan improves to 14-12 overall and
9-12 in the GLIAC. The Cardinals will play the season finale at
home at 6 p.m. Saturday against No.1-ranked Michigan Tech.
