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February 10, 2007 Lacey, WA – Saint Martin’s women’s basketball defeated Northwest Nazarene University 73-67 Saturday night at the SMU Pavilion. The game stayed close the first half with neither team going ahead by more then six points. Necia Jerome made four free throws in the final 1:44 of the first half to tie the game and put the Saints up by three. The Crusaders then hit a jumper and a free throw to send the game into the break tied 28-28. The Crusader took the lead in the second half going up 52-44 with 10:22 left in play. The Saints battled back and took the lead on a three by Jessi Reome with 4:37 on the clock. They maintained their led the rest of the way. Jamey Gelhar scored the last eight points for the Saints, all on free throws. “Jamey really stepped up at the end and made some big free throws. Hopefully this is the momentum we needed going into our next couple games,” said junior forward Kassie Ludeman. Gelhar posted a game high 21 points and went 14-17 from the line. Jessi Reome put up 11 points on the night. Whitney Golob pulled down a game high 17 rebounds and added nine points. NNU was led by Janee Olds who had 20 points. They also got 10 rebounds from Danielle Dwello. “It feels good to finally get a win. We’re hoping this is the start of a winning streak for us,” said Golob. “We’ve had it the whole time we just haven’t been able to finish games; tonight we did.” The Saints took full advantage of their free throws out shooting the Crusaders at the line 80.6 percent (29-36) to 50 percent (10-20). The Saints are off this Thursday but are back in action next Saturday the 17th as they face Western Oregon at home.
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