SATURDAY'S SCORES
Loyola Chicago 57, @
SIUE 52
Central Arkansas 87, @
UT Martin 67
LOYOLA CHICAGO 57, SIUE 52
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - SIUE women's basketball team dropped a contested match up 57-52 Saturday afternoon against Loyola Chicago at First Community Arena.
SIUE falls to 0-3 on the young season. Loyola Chicago improves to 3-1.
The Cougars fell behind early as Loyola Chicago took an early 8-2 lead midway through the first quarter.
SIUE answered with a 10-2 run of its own capped off by a Kendal George three-pointer with 11 seconds left in the opening quarter.
SIUE took its first lead of the game with a layup by Briana Wooldridge with 9:33 left in the first half.
The Cougars would stretch the lead to five on a pair of free throws by Macy Silvey. SIUE led 21-19 at halftime.
SIUE took its biggest lead of the game 26-20 in the second half on an Ava Gugliuzza layup with 7:43 left in the third quarter.
Loyola Chicago cut into the deficit with back-to-back three-pointers which led to a Ramblers 10-0 run to take the lead 37-34.
The Ramblers led the rest of the way and raised the lead to 50-41 with 1:44 remaining in the game.
SIUE was led by junior Brianna Wooldridge who scored 10 points and grabbed 8 rebounds.
Kendal George led the Cougars in scoring with 12 points (4 of 6). George added 4 rebounds off the bench.
SIUE got a boost off the bench with 32 points.
The Cougars shot 18 of 50 from the field (36 percent) and 6 of 21 from behind the arc (29 percent).
SIUE grabbed 39 total rebounds and 22 turnovers.
Loyola Chicago was led by Kira Chivers who scored 13 points, 3 assists and sprinkled in a rebound.
The Ramblers shot 32 percent (17 of 54) from the field and 33 percent (7 of 21) from three-point range.
CENTRAL ARKANSAS 87, UT MARTIN 67
MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin women's basketball hung with Central Arkansas for most of Saturday's game, but a 19-9 fourth quarter pushed the Sugar Bears past the Skyhawks, 87-67, at the Elam Center.
The Sugar Bears were hot from start to finish Saturday shooting a blistering 58.6-percent from the floor and 42.9 -percent from 3-point range, compared to 35.4-percent and 29.4-percent, respectively. However, at the charity stripe, UT Martin turned in their best performance of the season, going 16-for-20 for 80.0-percent.
Four Skyhawks reached double-digits Saturday night led by 15 from Anaya Brown, who also led the team in rebounds with six. Daejah Richmond followed with 13 points, including a 5-for-5 performance at the free throw line, while Kenley McCarn and Lexi Rubel added 12 and 10, respectively. Shae Littleford had a game-high five assists, to go along with six points and three steals.