November 21, 2003
Women's Basketball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Brogger's game-high 25 points leads SVSU to an 80-75 overtime win over Spring Arbor in day one at the Farm Bureau Classic

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Cardinals got strong leadership from senior Jennifer Brogger (Harbor Springs, Mich.) and a game-high 25 points to boot in an 80-75 overtime win over Spring Arbor. The Cardinals improve to 3-0 for the second straight year and will face Cornerstone University in a 6:00 pm tipoff on Saturday in day two of the Farm Bureau Classic.
    The first half saw nine ties as Brogger's eight points led the Cards with both teams going into the locker room tied at 30-30. The Cards opened the second half by scoring eight straight points after SAU took a 31-30 lead. SVSU increased their lead to 10 points with 12:09 left in the half on a Jessica Wilson (Martin, Tenn./Westview) steal and Lisa Collison (Saginaw, Mich./Heritage) lay-up making it 51-41. The Cougars made up that deficit in two minutes and the game was knotted at 53-53 with 8:30 left in regulation. Both teams traded baskets in the final minutes as Brogger made a jumper with 26 seconds making it 69-67 and SAU's Shanna Grubaugh hit a pair of free throws with 13 seconds left to send the game into the extra session.
    Spring Arbor's last lead came at the 1:43 mark in OT on a Shanna DuBose jumper making it 75-74. The Cards would score the game's next six points highlighted by a Brogger jumper and two free throws with eight seconds remaining to ice it. Sophomore Valerie Smith (Owosso, Mich.) tossed in 13 points and blocked three shots. Junior Jennifer Hagstrom (Cadillac, Mich.) added 11 points and eight boards. Collison hit double digits for the first time in her career with 10 points. SVSU shot 41.7 percent for the game while Spring Arbor shot 40.5 percent from the floor. The Cards also added 25 points off Cougar turnovers.

Contact: Ryan Thompson (989) 964-4053

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