UNIVERSITY CENTER – Saginaw Valley State University bounced back from a tough loss Thursday with a 74-66 victory over Ashland University in O'Neill Arena Saturday.
     Senior Jill Herbig (Hamilton) paced the Cardinals with 17 of her 28 game-high points in the first half.
     The Cardinals scored nine straight points to take a 13-point lead in the first half and led by as many as 15 points, but the Eagles scored the last eight points of the half to trail 37-30 at intermission. SVSU failed to score the last 3:35 of the half.
     Ashland pulled within six points early in the second half, but the Cardinals led by a dozen on two occasions, including 64-52 with 4:30 left.
     Stacy Wright spilt a pair of free throws with 25 seconds left, but sophomore Jenny Brown (Evanston, IL/Township) hit two free throws with 12 seconds left to ice the win for SVSU.
     Floor shooting was a key for the Cardinals, who made 50.9 percent while the visitors hit only 35.3 percent. SVSU also made 12 of 15 free throws and Ashland hit only 16 of 25.
     Senior Andrea Jones (Swartz Creek) had another solid all-around game with 10 points, a game-high 14 rebounds, and six assists. Sophomore Jenny White (Oxford) scored 13 points and had eight rebounds. Brown finished with 12 points after scoring just 17 points in SVSU's first 13 games.
     Ashland was led by Alexandra Kouznetsova with 17 points, while Wright had 13 points and 13 rebounds.
     SVSU has won four of its last five games to even its overall record at 7-7 and raise its GLIAC North Division record to 3-4. The Eagles dropped to 4-10 overall and 2-5 in the South Division.
     The Lady Cardinals travel to Midland Monday to meet local rival Northwood University at 5:30 p.m.

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