University of St. Thomas Athletics
Thursday, February 24
Denver, Colo.
8:00 p.m.
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Women’s Basketball lets lead slip away in the final minutes in loss at Denver
2/24/2022 10:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Denver, Colo. – The St. Thomas Women's Basketball Team (9-20, 3-14) led for over 33 minutes of the 40 minute contest, but lost the lead late as they fell to Denver (9-19, 4-13), by a score of 66-63.
The Tommies raced out to a 21-12 lead over the first quarter of action connecting on 50 percent (9-of-19) of their shots from the field and 43 percent (3-of-7) from deep in the opening 10 minutes of the game. The Purple also out-rebounded the Pioneers 11-6 in the first quarter.
Both teams put up 16 points in the second quarter to bring the score to 37-28 in favor of the Purple heading into the locker room. St. Thomas cooled off from the field, connecting on 39 percent of its shots in the quarter, but stayed equally hot from behind the arc, once again making 3-of-7 attempts from deep in the second quarter.
Denver came out of the locker room at halftime and found its groove offensively, the Pioneers connected on 56 percent (9-of-16) of their shots from the field in the third quarter and outscored the Tommies 19-12 in the frame to open cut the St. Thomas lead to two points, 49-47 heading into the fourth quarter.
With 8:20 to play in the contest, St. Thomas pushed its lead to seven points, 56-49 by a three-point shot from senior G Maggie Negaard, her ninth points of the game. Denver then went on a 13-2 run to open a 62-58 lead in favor of the Pioneers. Negaard would score her 12th point of the game, a free throw with 1:19 to play to cut the Denver lead to one point, 64-63, but that proved to be the final points for the Purple on the night as they fell 66-63.
As a team, St. Thomas shot 40 percent (24-of-60) from the field and 30 percent (7-of-23) from behind the arc and 62 percent (8-of-13) from the charity stripe and out-rebounded Denver 36-30. The Pioneers made 48 percent of their shots from the field to propel them to the win.
Individually, freshman G Jade Hill led the team with 18 points. She was 1-of-4 Tommies to reach double figures, she was joined by grad student F Erin Norling (15), Negaard (12) and grad student F Kaia Porter (11) as the leading scorers for the Tommies.
St. Thomas will play its final game of the season on Saturday as the travel to Omaha, Neb., to face the Mavericks. Tip-off is slated for 1:00 p.m.
The Tommies raced out to a 21-12 lead over the first quarter of action connecting on 50 percent (9-of-19) of their shots from the field and 43 percent (3-of-7) from deep in the opening 10 minutes of the game. The Purple also out-rebounded the Pioneers 11-6 in the first quarter.
Both teams put up 16 points in the second quarter to bring the score to 37-28 in favor of the Purple heading into the locker room. St. Thomas cooled off from the field, connecting on 39 percent of its shots in the quarter, but stayed equally hot from behind the arc, once again making 3-of-7 attempts from deep in the second quarter.
Denver came out of the locker room at halftime and found its groove offensively, the Pioneers connected on 56 percent (9-of-16) of their shots from the field in the third quarter and outscored the Tommies 19-12 in the frame to open cut the St. Thomas lead to two points, 49-47 heading into the fourth quarter.
With 8:20 to play in the contest, St. Thomas pushed its lead to seven points, 56-49 by a three-point shot from senior G Maggie Negaard, her ninth points of the game. Denver then went on a 13-2 run to open a 62-58 lead in favor of the Pioneers. Negaard would score her 12th point of the game, a free throw with 1:19 to play to cut the Denver lead to one point, 64-63, but that proved to be the final points for the Purple on the night as they fell 66-63.
As a team, St. Thomas shot 40 percent (24-of-60) from the field and 30 percent (7-of-23) from behind the arc and 62 percent (8-of-13) from the charity stripe and out-rebounded Denver 36-30. The Pioneers made 48 percent of their shots from the field to propel them to the win.
Individually, freshman G Jade Hill led the team with 18 points. She was 1-of-4 Tommies to reach double figures, she was joined by grad student F Erin Norling (15), Negaard (12) and grad student F Kaia Porter (11) as the leading scorers for the Tommies.
St. Thomas will play its final game of the season on Saturday as the travel to Omaha, Neb., to face the Mavericks. Tip-off is slated for 1:00 p.m.
Team Stats
UST
Denver
FG%
.400
.479
3FG%
.304
.333
FT%
.615
.778
RB
36
30
TO
9
11
STL
5
3
Game Leaders
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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