University of St. Thomas Athletics
12-5, 9-5MIAC
Augsburg
3-14, 3-11MIAC
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Univ. of St. Thomas | 46 | 42 | 88 |
| Augsburg College | 25 | 38 | 63 |
Fast start fuels big win in Women's Hoops
1/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Sophomore guard Ali Johnson made five treys and scored a career-high 21 points and the visiting Tommies shot 49% from the floor in Wednesday night's 88-63 women's basketball win over the host Auggies.
St. Thomas (12-5 overall, 9-5 MIAC) raced to leads of 8-0 and 33-8 and led 46-25 at halftime. The Toms finished with a 29-1 advantage in bench points as they improved to 8-2 in road games this season.
Rachel Booth had 15 points and six rebounds and Becky Theisen scored 12 points. UST had a 49-35 rebounding advantage. Sarah Smith had a game-high eight rebounds.
The Auggies (3-14, 3-11) shot 29% from the field. Brittany Dyshaw had 16 points, seven rebounds and four steals and Shannon Renne scored 16 points.
The Tommies play a Saturday home game at CU's Gangelhoff Center against Macalester, which lost Wednesday to Bethel and fell out of the MIAC lead. Saturday's game has been moved back to a 3 p.m. start.
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