University of St. Thomas Athletics
Saturday, January 29
St. Paul, Minn.
1:00 p.m.
6-13,3-6Summit League
67
vs
82
Western Illinois
12-7,3-5Summit League
1
2
3
4
F
Western Ill.
21
24
22
15
82
St. Thomas (MN)
16
20
14
17
67
Team Stats
WIU
UST
FG%
.536
.453
3FG%
.409
.304
FT%
.520
.750
RB
32
31
TO
11
17
STL
9
7
Game Leaders
Pts
21
FGM
7
3FGM
4
FTM
3
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
5
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
F
/ Women's Basketball
Norling and Hill combine for 41 points in loss to Western Illinois
1/29/2022 3:11:00 PM | Women's Basketball
St. Paul, Minn. – The St. Thomas Women's Basketball team couldn't complete the season sweep over Western Illinois as they fell by a score of 82-67.
After defeating the Leathernecks 66-64 in double overtime on New Year's Day, the Tommies couldn't complete the season sweep over WIU on Saturday despite 41 points from the tandem of grad student F Erin Norling (21) and freshman G Jade Hill (20).
"Congrats to a great Western team," said Head Coach Ruth Sinn. "If you look at them, they first in the Summit League in three-point makes. Last time we played them, we did a much better job taking that away. They came at us, and we kind of got back on our heels. We'll go back to work, understand how to handle that and how we become to aggressors. It's a learning process with us. I'm really proud of our girls and how they're responding. We will take that next step."
In the first quarter, St. Thomas held a 6-5 lead before Western Illinois went on a 12-0 run to open up a 17-6 lead with 3:45 remaining in the first quarter. The Tommies closed the opening quarter on a 10-6 run of their own to bring the score to 21-16 in favor of the Leathernecks after the first 10 minutes of play.
In the second quarter, St. Thomas shot 43 percent from the field, but couldn't keep up with Western Illinois who shot 54 percent from the field in the second quarter and outscored the Tommies 24-20 in the frame.
As a team in the first half, St. Thomas connected on 13-of-25 (52 percent) of its shots from the field and 4-of-14 (29 percent) from behind the arc. Western Illinois connected on 54 percent of its shots from the field and 43 percent from behind the arc through the first 20 minutes of the game. The Purple committed 10 first-half turnovers compared to only three by the Leathernecks.
Individually, grad student F Erin Norling poured in 16 first-half points, while shooting 75 percent (3-of-4) from behind the arc.
Western Illinois started the third quarter on a 13-7 run through the first five minutes of the second half. The Leathernecks outscored the Tommies 22-14 in the third quarter, to extend its lead to 67-50 heading into the fourth quarter. WIU connected on 56 percent of its shots from the field in the frame.
St. Thomas outscored Western Illinois 17-15 in the fourth quarter, but the efforts came up short.
As a unit, the Purple connected on 45 percent (24-of-53) of their shots from the field in the game and 30 percent (7-of-23) from behind the arc.
Individually, nine different Tommies made their way into the scoring column, with Norling and Hill leading the way.
The Tommies return to action on Thursday as they host Kansas City in Schoenecker Arena, tipoff is slated for 7:00 p.m.
After defeating the Leathernecks 66-64 in double overtime on New Year's Day, the Tommies couldn't complete the season sweep over WIU on Saturday despite 41 points from the tandem of grad student F Erin Norling (21) and freshman G Jade Hill (20).
"Congrats to a great Western team," said Head Coach Ruth Sinn. "If you look at them, they first in the Summit League in three-point makes. Last time we played them, we did a much better job taking that away. They came at us, and we kind of got back on our heels. We'll go back to work, understand how to handle that and how we become to aggressors. It's a learning process with us. I'm really proud of our girls and how they're responding. We will take that next step."
In the first quarter, St. Thomas held a 6-5 lead before Western Illinois went on a 12-0 run to open up a 17-6 lead with 3:45 remaining in the first quarter. The Tommies closed the opening quarter on a 10-6 run of their own to bring the score to 21-16 in favor of the Leathernecks after the first 10 minutes of play.
In the second quarter, St. Thomas shot 43 percent from the field, but couldn't keep up with Western Illinois who shot 54 percent from the field in the second quarter and outscored the Tommies 24-20 in the frame.
As a team in the first half, St. Thomas connected on 13-of-25 (52 percent) of its shots from the field and 4-of-14 (29 percent) from behind the arc. Western Illinois connected on 54 percent of its shots from the field and 43 percent from behind the arc through the first 20 minutes of the game. The Purple committed 10 first-half turnovers compared to only three by the Leathernecks.
Individually, grad student F Erin Norling poured in 16 first-half points, while shooting 75 percent (3-of-4) from behind the arc.
Western Illinois started the third quarter on a 13-7 run through the first five minutes of the second half. The Leathernecks outscored the Tommies 22-14 in the third quarter, to extend its lead to 67-50 heading into the fourth quarter. WIU connected on 56 percent of its shots from the field in the frame.
St. Thomas outscored Western Illinois 17-15 in the fourth quarter, but the efforts came up short.
As a unit, the Purple connected on 45 percent (24-of-53) of their shots from the field in the game and 30 percent (7-of-23) from behind the arc.
Individually, nine different Tommies made their way into the scoring column, with Norling and Hill leading the way.
The Tommies return to action on Thursday as they host Kansas City in Schoenecker Arena, tipoff is slated for 7:00 p.m.
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