Women’s basketball

In their second game in a row against Hawaii Hilo, Saint Martin’s had four bench players score in double figures and finished off their Big Island trip with an easy 80-53 win.

Krista Stabler and Megan Wiedeman each scored a career high with 18 and 15 points respectively. Angela Gelhar added 13 points and Liz Mills chipped in 12 as the bench outscored the Saints starters 60-20. Mackenzie Taylor pulled down a team high seven rebounds.

The Saints are now 7-3 overall this season and will return to action at Marcus Pavilion against South Dakota School of Mines on Friday at 5:15.

Men’s basketball

In a game highlighted by big runs for both sides, Ryan Rogers scored 22 points to lead Saint Martin’s to a 74-64 win over Pacific Lutheran in non-conference action in Parkland.

The Saints opened up a 9-0 lead at the 16:26 mark but PLU quickly answered with a 17-2 run over the next 8 1/2 minutes that gave the Lutes their largest lead of the game at 17-11. Evan Coulter’s fastbreak layup with 1:28 left in the half capped off an 18-5 run that saw the Saints open up a 29-22 lead. But again, the Lutes answered with a seven point run to tie the game at 29 with nine seconds left in the first half. Coulter promptly raced up court and calmly buried a three pointer to give the Saints a three point halftime lead, 32-29.

The Saints started the second half on yet another run, outscoring the Lutes 13-3 over the first 6 1/2 minutes and took a 45-32 lead on a Rogers layup with 14:30 to play. But PLU buckled down and went on a 17-6 run and were down just two, 51-49, at the 9:13 mark. Issac Bianchini drained a three with 5:52 to play to give the Saints another nine point lead but PLU again chipped it down to three points with four minutes left. It was the closest the Lutes would get and Saint Martin’s finished on a final 14-4 run that gave the them the 74-64 win.

Coulter scored 19 points on the night and pulled down seven rebounds and in addition to his 22 points, Rogers led the Saints with nine boards. Bianchini added 10 points in the win.

Women’s basketball

Angela Gelhar scored a career high 27 points including the go ahead three pointer with 54 seconds left to lead Saint Martin’s to a 61-56 win over 18th-ranked Northwest Nazarene. It is the Saints first win over a ranked opponent since they beat #11 Alaska-Anchorage in 2011 and snapped an 11 game losing streak to the Crusaders.

Saint Martin’s forced 24 Northwest Nazarene turnovers and held the Crusaders to just 30.9% shooting. Megan Hingston scored 20 points, right at her average this season, but went just 7-for-21 from the floor. The trio of Chelsie Luke, Taylor Simmons and Kayla Schumannn were held to just 19 points combined, 16.9 points below their average, as the Crusaders, who average 80 points per game, were held to their lowest point total of the season by 12 points.

Gelhar scored 10 of the Saints last 12 points including two of her three three pointers. She went 12-of-12 from the free throw line on a night where Saint Martin’s missed just three shots from the charity stripe, going 25-for-28. Chelsea Haskey was limited by foul trouble but still managed to score 13 points and Mackenzie Taylor added 10 points and eight rebounds.

Men’s basketball

Men’s basketball
Metro State 94, Saint Martin’s 77 – Recap
Lane 77, SPSCC 71

Saint Martin’s took a 2-0 lead over the #1 ranked NCAA Division II team in the nation but Metro State opened up a ten point lead with less than five minutes gone and the Saints were unable to get closer than six again and fell to the Roadrunners, 94-77, at Carver Gym in Bellingham.

Five Saint scored in double-digits, led by Evan Coulter’s 14 points. Tyler Copp got his first start and hit four three pointers to finish with 13 points. Isaac Bianchini and Will Bond each added 11 points and Riley Carel added 10.

Brandon Jefferson scored 28 points and Mitch McCarron added 22 for Metro State. 12 of McCarron’s points came from the free throw line as the Roadrunners went 35-of-42 from the charity stripe while Saint Martin’s shot just ten free throws all game long.

The Saint fall to 0-5 this season and will open up GNAC play on Thursday in Burnaby, British Columbia against Simon Fraser.

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South Puget Sound dropped a 77-71 decision to Lane at the Raider Thanksgiving Tournament at Pierce College in Steilacoom. They will next take on Columbia Basin, who lost 85-74 to Bellevue, in a consolation bracket game on Saturday at 1:00 PM.

Women’s basketball
Northwest 78, Saint Martin’s 76 – Recap

Well, this is a head scratcher. Less than a week after knocking off Northwest University by 38 points at Marcus Pavilion in a game that was never even remotely competitive, Saint Martin’s were stunned by the Eagles, 78-76, in the Lynda Goodrich Classic at Carver Gym in Bellingham.

Northwest opened up a 13-2 lead at the 15:20 mark of the first half and trailed by as many as 15 in the first half before Jordyn Richardson hit a 35-foot three pointer at the buzzer to get the Saints back within nine at the break.

The Saints rallied back in the second half and took a seven point lead on a Brooke Paulson layup with 6:05 remaining. But the Eagles answered back with a 9-2 run giving them a 67-66 lead at the 4:32 mark. Two lead changes and a tie later, Angela Gelhar hit two free throws with 20 seconds left to tie the game at 76-76. But Jordan Asher scored the go ahead bucket with 7.2 seconds remaining and Gelhar missed on a last second shot and Northwest held on to the shocking 78-76 victory.

Chelsea Haskey scored 20 points and Paulson added 17 for the Saints, who fell to 3-2 on the season and snapped a three game winning streak.

Sanda Milovic scored 23 for Northest.