Box Score

St. Paul, Min.  (uwrfsports.com) – The UW-River Falls Women's basketball team jumped out to a 41-20 lead at the half, and went into the Christmas break with a 75-63 win over St. Catherine's.  Brynn Liljander scored 22 points for the Falcons to help lead the offensive attack.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Final Score:  UW-River Falls 75, St. Catherine's 63
Location: St. Paul, Minn.
Records: UW-River Falls 7-2 (0-0 WIAC), St. Catherine's 4-6 (1-3 MIAC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF ST. CATHERINE'S

• Back-to-back 3-pointers from Brynn Liljander and Taylor Karge gave the Falcons an early 8-2 lead.
• St. Catherine's crawled back to 8-7 at one point, but the Falcons finished the 1^st quarter on a 13-0 run to lead 21-7.  Anna Rollag had two 3-pointers during the run.
• For most of the 2^nd quarter the squads traded baskets, but a late 11-3 run by the Falcons pushed the lead to 41-20 at the half.
• The 3^rd quarter saw St. Catherine's make a run as they outscored the Falcons 22-9, to cut the lead to 8 points going into the 4^th quarter.
• The 4^th quarter saw the Falcons push the lead back to double-digits.  Brynn Liljander scored 10 points during the quarter, 6 of them during the early stages of the 4^th, to help keep UW-River Falls in the lead.
• Taylor Karge scored 12 points, and grabbed 6 rebounds.
• Crystal Pearson had 11 points to along with 5 rebounds.

 
THE OPPOSITION

• Danica Cambrice scored 19 points to St. Catherine's.
• Jackie Radford had 11 points, and 6 rebounds.

 
LOOKING AHEAD
The Falcons women's basketball team returns to action as the travel to Whittier, California to play Dickinson College on December 29^th.  Tip-off is scheduled for Noon Pacific Time.