University of St. Thomas Athletics
Saint Mary's
Women's Hoops opens MIAC play with win
11/28/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Senior center Carrie Embree scored 15 points in her MIAC basketball debut to lead the host Tommies (3-1 overall, 1-0 MIAC) to a 78-62 victory over St. Mary's (0-3, 0-1) in conference women's basketball play Wednesday night at UST's Schoenecker Arena.
Sophomore guard Sheena Porter-Wrzos had 14 points and four steals for the Tommies.
Senior forward Jessica Weisbrod scored a game-high 21 points for the Cardinals.
Embree helped the Tommie softball team to a 98-2 record against MIAC foes in her four-year, All-America career. The fifth-year senior is playing basketball for the first time since 2002-03, her prep senior year in Waukee, Iowa.
The Tommie pressure helped force 27 SMU turnovers. Jessica Katch scored three baskets to fuel a 15-0 run that built a Tommie 20-8 lead. UST pushed the margin to 36-17 at halftime and saw its lead peak at 66-34 with 10:58 left.
St. Mary's answered with a 20-2 run and later pulled within 11 points with 1:08 to go. The Cards hit 5-of-13 from 3-point range in the second half after going 0-for-6 from beyond the arc in the first 20 minutes.
The Tommies play Monday night at Hamline.
Click here to see box score:
http://www.saintmaryssports.com/sports/wbball/2007/1128USTW.HTM
Jessica Katch led a 15-0 run that put UST ahead to stay. (Greg Smith photo)
Sheena Porter-Wrzos had 14 points to spark UST. (Greg Smith photo)
Anna Swanson is one of five juniors playing key roles. (Greg Smith photo)
Carrie Embree had 15 points to lead the Tommies. (Greg Smith photo)
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