DENVER – Saint Mary's Women's Basketball will play their last road game of the calendar year when head for the Rockies to take on Denver University for the first time in program history.
 
THE DETAILS
Saint Mary's (5-7) at Denver University (3-7)
Thursday, December 21 at 5:00 p.m.
Hamilton Gymnasium – Denver
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LAST TIME OUT
Ali Bamberger scored her 1,000th point as a Gael in the third quarter of Monday night's 83-67 victory over Cal State East Bay, which made her and her father, Eric Bamberger, the only father-daughter duo to score 1,000 points at the same school in NCAA D1 history. Bamberger scored her 1,001st point with just over two-and-a-half minutes to go in the third quarter, the way she has scored the majority of her baskets in her career, on a layup in the paint.
 
The record-breaking basket by Bamberger put SMC up by eight points at 56-48, and she would score on the Gaels next possession to make it a 10 point-game, after a very plucky East Bay team battled back from the 14-point lead the Gaels built in the second quarter.
 
Saint Mary's led by nine at the half, but CSU East Bay trimmed it down to five at 49-44 with 4:19 to go in the third. A deep two from Zeryhia Aokuso and a three from Ruby Vlahov got the lead up to eight before the historic basket from Bamberger.
 
They would pull away from the Pioneers in the fourth. A three-point play the old-fashioned way from Vlahov put SMC up by 12 and a Bamberger three pointer put Saint Mary's ahead 68-53 with 8:15 to go.
 
ABOUT DENVER
University of Denver's fifth year forward Makayla Minett and sophomore guard Emma Smith were named to the 2023-24 Summit League Preseason Second Team.

Minett started all 30 games for the Pioneers a year ago, averaging 8.4 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots per game. Following her Senior season, Minett was named Summit League Defensive Player of the Year and a Summit League Honorable Mention. She ranked ninth in the country in blocks per game and 13th in total blocks (75).

Smith started 29 of 30 games in her freshman season, averaging 33.5 minutes, 13.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. Following her initial campaign in the Summit League Smith was named a Summit League Honorable Mention. She made 64 three-point field goals, making her the 14th Pioneer to finish with at least 60 in a season and is the 10th-most in the program's DI history.
 
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