SEATTLE – Saint Mary's Women's Basketball ran into an undefeated buzz saw in the Washington Huskies, as the Gaels fell 64 to 32 at Alaska Airlines Arena on Saturday afternoon.
 
After a sweet turnaround jumper by Maia Jones made it a 7-4 game for Washington, the Huskies would to on their first run of the game. Their first-quarter run would be a 10-0 stretch that put them up 17-4 with just over three minutes to go in the first.
 
The Gaels would snap it the run with a an up-and-under move by Tayla Dalton for a layup to make it a 17-6 game, but Washington would go on an 8-2 run to finish the quarter up 26-8.  
 
Ali Bamberger would open the quarter with a pick-and-pop three pointer to make it 26-11, but a seven-minute scoreless drought in second quarter for SMC would allow Washington to extend their lead. They would hold the Gaels to just five points in the second frame while scoring 14 points of their own to lead 40-13 at the half.
 
SMC would have a double-digit scoring third quarter as Zeryhia Aokuso and Addison Wedin each scored five points in the third, but the UW would still win the quarter 19-11.
 
Saint Mary's would win the fourth quarter 8-5 with some spirited defense, but couldn't put a dent in the big deficit.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Aokuso would lead the Gaels in scoring with 11 points, and Bamberger finished with six to leave her nine points away from 1,000 as a Gael.
 
Washington was 9 of 22 from three-point range to the Gaels 2 of 10, and were 23 of 56 overall to SMC's 12 of 49. The Huskies also had a 41-29 rebounding advantage and won the turnover battle 16-11.
 
UP NEXT
Saint Mary's returns home to host Cal State East Bay on Monday, December 18 at 6:30 p.m.
 
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