ASHLAND, Ohio - The Saginaw Valley State
University women's basketball team fell to Ashland University
Thursday (Feb. 11) 76-63 in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (GLIAC) match up.
The Cardinals took the lead into the locker room at half time,
going up by six on an Aysha Boston (Detroit,
Mich. / Renaissance HS) fast break. Saginaw Valley was led by
senior Jenna
Saarela (Saugatuck, Mich.), who had nine points in the opening
frame, while Rhonda
Gusa (Harbor Beach, Mich. / Delta CC) had seven points and
three rebounds. Freshman Grace Herzog (Linden,
Mich. / Powers Catholic HS) added six points and grabbed four
rebounds, and Brittany
Burkhardt (West Bloomfield, Mich. / Walled Lake Central HS) had
seven points.
Saginaw Valley came out of the locker room strong, maintaining
the lead until 10:25 left in the contest. Boston and freshman
Jasmine
Kennedy (Harper Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North HS) each
posted 11 points in the game, while Saarela and Burkhardt each had
nine. Herzog chipped-in with eight points, six rebounds and
two blocks. Herzog now has 68 blocks on the year, which puts
her three swats away from breaking the SVSU single season record of
70, set by Jennifer Hagstrom in the 2003-04 season.
With the loss, Saginaw Valley falls to 4-18 overall on the
season and 2-15 in the GLIAC, while Ashland improves to 12-10
overall and 8-9 in conference play. The Cardinals will return
to action when they travel to Tiffin University on Saturday (Feb.
13). Tip-off is scheduled for 1:00pm.
