Quinn Brewe (, ) earned 19 points and nine rebounds and Cassidy Murillo (, ) contributed 14 points as pulled away from Evergreen State College, 73-53, Thursday night in women’s basketball action at the Green House.
The first seven and a half minutes of the first half were close, as a Molly Clark three-pointer pulled within two at 12-10. pulled away, as Brewe scored 12 points in the final 12 minutes of the opening half to spearhead a 25-13 run and give the Redhawks a 37-23 lead at halftime.
After extended the lead in the second half to 23 points at 59-36, (2-6) went on a 12-0 run to cut the SeattleU advantage to 11 points. After a timeout, Murillo hit a three-pointer to regain the momentum, and Murillo would go on to score five more points to help solidify the victory.
continued its hot shooting, hitting 52.8 percent of its field goal attempts and 92.3 percent of its free throw attempts. SeattleU won the rebounding battle, 29-26, and forced the Geoducks into 21 turnovers.
(7-0) will take almost two weeks off from competition to study for and take final exams for the fall quarter. The team will continue its five-game road swing Wednesday, Dec. 19, at BYU-Hawaii beginning at 5 p.m. local time.