UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley
State University women's basketball won a thrilling contest against
visiting Lake Superior State University, 62-60 Saturday evening
(Jan. 2). The victory is the second-straight GLIAC win for
the Cardinals, who now stand at 4-6 overall on the season with a
2-3 mark in the GLIAC. With the loss, Lake Superior drops to
7-3 overall and 4-2 in conference play.
SVSU, after trailing by five at the half, 27-22, re-gained the
lead at the 18:22 mark in the second half. Lake Superior
State took the lead, though, via a three-pointer by Nicole Marshall
to make the score 60-59 in the Lakers' advantage with 4.5 seconds
left in the game. After an SVSU timeout, the ball was
inbounded to freshman guard Aysha Boston (Detroit,
Mich./Renaissance HS), who drained a shot just in front of the
half-court line to give the Cardinals a 62-60 advantage with 0.4
seconds on the clock. Lake Superior could not get another
shot off, and SVSU held on for the two-point victory.
Junior forward Brittany
Burkhardt (West Bloomfield, Mich./Walled Lake Central HS) had
13 points and nine rebounds for the Cardinals in the contest.
Junior guard Kelley
Wesp (Cincinnati, Ohio/Glen Este HS) had 12 points for SVSU,
while Boston had 11, including the game-winner. Freshman
forward Grace
Herzog (Linden, Mich./Powers Catholic HS) had another solid
effort, recording eight points, nine rebounds, and five blocks.
SVSU returns to action Jan. 7, as they travel to play Grand
Valley State University in a 6:00 pm match-up in Allendale, Mich.
