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Dec 8- Kate Murray and Bianca Ziemann paced all scorers with 16 points as LMU dropped Northwestern 63-4 at the LMU Marina Beach Classic
lt;bgt;Pictured:lt;/bgt;lt;igt; Kate Murray tallied a game-high 16 points in LMU's win over Northwestern.lt;/igt; lt;pgt; Dec 8- Kate Murray and Bianca Ziemann paced all scorers with 16 points as LMU dropped Northwestern 63-4 at the LMU Marina Beach Classic. Pepperdine edged Hofstra -0 in the first round of the FIU Fun and Sun Classic, while Saint Mary's defeated Nevada 76-73 at home. Portland dropped their second straight to Miami, 84-63 and San Diego began the Surf and Slam Classic with a 6-8 win over Georgetown. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;LMU 63, Northwestern 4lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Loyola Marymount University women's basketball team kept its home record unblemished with a 63-4 win over Northwestern University in Day 1 of the LMU * Marina del Rey Marriott Beach Classic on Sunday night at Gersten Pavilion. The Lions remain undefeated, -0, at home this season. Sophomore Bianca Ziemann and senior Kate Murray tied for the game's leading scorer with 16 points each. lt;pgt; Senior Adrianne Slaughter scored the first field goal of the game for the Lions (9- Overall) after collecting an assist from junior Mary Turner. Northwestern (6-4 Overall) took its only lead of the game shortly after on a three-pointer by Michelle Zylstra. It was one of two long range field goals for Zylstra in the game. Melissa Culver's lay-up and a three-pointer by AJ Glasauer gave the Wildcats a four point advantage (8-4) with just under 1 minutes remaining in the half. lt;pgt; LMU regained the lead as Jenni Smith drained one of her two three pointers and the Lions never looked back. They took a 34-3 advantage into the halftime break with Ziemann as the leading scorer with 1 points. Ziemann was a perfect 4-for-4 from the floor in the first 0 minutes with all four field goals coming from beyond the arc. Her four three-pointers was a new career single-game high for the guard from Huntington Beach, Calif. lt;pgt; The Lion defense turned up the heat in the second half holding the Wildcats to a mere eight field goals and 9 percent shooting from the floor as a team. Offensively, LMU brought more of the same opening the second half with a 1-7 run and increasing its lead to 16 (46-30). lt;pgt; LMU kept up the defensive pressure and offensive attack throughout the second half. The Lions enjoyed their largest lead of the night, 1 points (63-4), as sophomore Rachael Ziemann converted her only two free-throw attempts of the night with 4 seconds left in regulation. lt;pgt; For the Lions, Murray's 16 points came on 6-of-13 shooting from the floor while also collecting five rebounds and three assists. Bianca Ziemann ended her night going -for-8 from the floor and 4-for-6 from beyond the arc. Like Murray she also had five rebounds to go along with two assists and and two steals. Rachael Ziemann was the third Lion to finish scoring in double figures with 10 points off the bench. The Lion bench continues its hot hand of late. The LMU bench outscored Northwestern's bench by an 18-6 margin. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Pepperdine , Hofstra 0lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; With contributions from every member of the Pepperdine women's basketball team, the Waves edged Hofstra -0 in the opening game of the Sun amp; Fun Classic in Miami, Florida, today. Coming off the bench, forward Jennifer Lacy paced the team as the only Pepperdine athlete to score in double-figures after going 4-for-6 from the field for 1 points. Kelly Greathouse pitched in an all-around tough game and contributed nine points and a team-high six rebounds. lt;pgt; With the win, Pepperdine improves to 4-6 overall while Hofstra falls to 3-. The Waves have qualified for the championship game in all three tournaments the team participated in this season. They will face the winner of the Albany and host Florida International game tomorrow at 4 p.m. lt;pgt; The Pride took the early advantage and bounced out to 8- lead early on. It wouldn't take the Waves long to get back in the game, however, as Pepperdine went on a 7-0 run with the score 1-11 in Hofstra's favor late in the first half. The Waves kept the momentum and completed the period ahead by five points (8-3). lt;pgt; With 13:3 left on the clock in the second half, Pepperdine took its biggest lead of the game (nine points) when Nicole Funn completed one of the team's two 3-pointers. In the next six minutes, the Pride refused to collapse as they went on an 18-9 run and tied the game up at 46 with 6:4 remaining. Once again, Funn pulled through with a clutch-time layup and the Waves controlled the game from that point on. lt;pgt; Hofstra managed to outshoot Pepperdine 38.9 to 3.8 percent during the game but the Waves out-rebounded the opponent 44 to 39. The Waves' bench outscored the Pride 4-10. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Saint Mary's 76, Nevada 73 OTlt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Saint Mary's women's basketball team broke a two-game losing streak when they defeated Nevada 76-73 in overtime on Sunday afternoon at McKeon Pavilion. The Gaels jumped out to a 74-70 lead in overtime and hung on for the victory, which included six overtime points by Triola Jackson. The Gaels' victory improves their overall record to 6-, while Nevada dropped to 1-9. lt;pgt; Saint Mary's, which was making its first home appearance since December 6 when they defeated UCLA, scored the most points in a game this season and are now -1 when they score over 70 points. lt;pgt; The Gaels were led offensively by Jackson, who scored a team-high 17 points and added nine rebounds. Saint Mary's had four players reach double figures, including Serena Benavente, who had 1 points; Monica Mertle added 11 points and five rebounds and Erika Urmonaite had 10 points four rebounds. The Gaels also received nine points from Lindsay Lopez, who was making her first appearance since December 6 after spraining her ankle and Lauren Shaughnessy added eight points, seven rebounds and five assists. lt;pgt; Saint Mary's and Nevada went back-and-forth over the final 10 minutes of the game; with the Gaels taking a 64-60 lead with 3:6 remaining after a Jackson basket. The Wolf Pack answered Saint Mary's run with an April Bankston layup and free throw to cut the Gaels' lead to 64-63. lt;pgt; After Benavente hit two free throws to put Saint Mary's up 66-63, Nevada's Jocelyn Mancebo hit a 3-pointer to tie the game with 41 seconds left in regulation. Jackson then made a layup with 30 seconds remaining, but Nevada answered when Talisha Quick-Rath made a layup with 19 seconds left in the game to tie the score at 68-68. lt;pgt; In the game, Saint Mary's shot 8 percent (3-8) as a team from the free throw line and shot 4 percent overall from the field. The Gaels also added 1 steals, including three each from Shaughnessy and Evynn Van Burger. lt;pgt; The Gaels also started four freshmen and one sophomore for the second consecutive game. Freshmen guards Shaughnessy and Benavente, forwards Mertle and Eghosa Obaiza and sophomore guard Van Burger rounded out the starting lineup. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Miami (OH) 84, Portland 63lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The University of Portland women146;s basketball team dropped its second-straight, with an 84-63 loss to Miami-Ohio on Sun., Dec. 8 at Millett Hall. With the loss, Portland falls to 4-6 on the season, while Miami-Ohio improves to -4 overall. lt;pgt; In the first half, both teams hit shot-for-shot until around the 11-minute mark when the RedHawks made an 11-3 run, sparked by a 10-footer by Colleen Day and a trey by Hillary Beck. Free-throws were key in the first half for Miami-Ohio as they were a perfect 1-of-1, compared to Portland146;s marginal -of-9 shooting from the stripe. Portland had over double the amount of turnovers than the RedHawks (13-6), giving up 1 points to Miami146;s seven. The RedHawks out-scored the Pilots 17-3 off points from the bench. Portland went on a 6-0 run with a little over a minute to go before the break, but Miami-Ohio executed down the stretch to keep a 4-8 halftime lead. lt;pgt; In the first half, Hanna Seltzer led the Pilots with nine points, four rebounds and three assists. Teammate Ashlee Orndorff totaled eight points, hitting 3-of-6 from the floor and grabbing five rebounds. lt;pgt; After the break, Miami-Ohio extended its lead to 19 points with 18:13 left on a free-throw by Kim Smith. Portland came back and cut the lead to 1 on a made free-throw by Khalila O146;Rielly-Williams. The Pilots ran out of gas near the 10 minute mark as the RedHawks went on a 13- run for a 6 point lead. Miami-Ohio extended their lead to 8 points on two separate occasions, the first at the :46 mark and the second with 4:03 left in the game. lt;pgt; Down the stretch, Portland recorded just 1 points in the paint and 1 points off RedHawk turnovers, while Miami-Ohio racked-up 0 points down low and 16 points off turnovers. The Pilots out-scored the RedHawks 3-16 off points from the bench, but was edged on the boards, 49-40. lt;pgt; Ashlee Orndorff recorded a double-double for the Pilots with 11 points and 10 boards. Orndorff shot 4-of-10 from the field and 3-of-4 from the stripe in the game. Seltzer finished with nine points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals. Jamie Medley posted a career-best 11 rebounds in the game, while O146;Rielly-Williams picked-up five steals. Portland shot 36 percent (19-3) from the field, percent (-3) from behind the arc and 61 percent (0-33) from the free-throw line. lt;pgt; Miami-Ohio saw four players score in double-figures today. Colleen Day led the way with 16 points, eight rebounds, three assists, three steals and one blocked shot on the day. Kim Lancaster picked up 1 points, while Amanda Jackson and Cindi Merrill each tallied 11 points. The RedHawks shot 41 percent (9-71) from the floor, 9 percent (-17) from the land of plenty and 68 percent (1-31) from the charity stripe for the gam lt;pgt; lt;bgt;San Diego 6, Georgetown 8lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; Polly Dong scored a career high 17 points and San Diego hit 9- of-1 three-point attempts in a 6-8 win over visiting Georgetown during first round action of the Surf 'N Slam Classic at USD's Jenny Craig Pavilion. It was the third consecutive win for a San Diego (-6) team that now faces No. 3 Texas Tech in the Tournament Championship game Tuesday night at 8pm. Texas Tech defeated Maryland 6-3 in the nightcap. lt;pgt; Sophomore Lindsay Helvey scored a career high 16 and senior forward Melissa Padgett added 13 rebounds for USD. Helvey connected on 4-of-8 three-point goals to allow San Diego a 4% shooting clip from beyond the arc. lt;pgt; Carmen Bruce led Georgetown (6-3) with 14 points and Varda Tamoulianis totaled 13. All-America candidate Rebekkah Brunson went -of-13 from the floor to reach double figures with 10 points, while leading the Hoyas in rebounding with seven. lt;pgt; The sophomore backcourt combination of Dong, Helvey and Brandi Collato lit up Georgetown's defense. The trio accounted for all nine of San Diego's three- point baskets, with six coming in the second half. Dong, who leads the West Coast Conference in assists, handed out six on Sunday. lt;Pgt;
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