December 6, 2003
Women's Basketball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Lady Cardinals Fall to Hillsdale, 78-75

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley State University women’s basketball team dropped a 78-75 decision to the visiting Hillsdale Chargers on Saturday (December 6). The loss was the Cardinals’ first of the season after beginning the season with a six-game winning streak.
     SVSU led 43-34 going into the halftime break, but Hillsdale staged a furious comeback after the Cardinals pushed their lead to 52-39 at 17:35 of the second half. The Chargers took their first lead (61-60) with 8:29 remaining and did not relinquish the lead the rest of the way.
     The Cardinals were led by senior Jennifer Brogger (Harbor Springs, Mich.), who posted a game-high 21 points before fouling out with just under four minutes remaining. Junior Jen Hagstrom (Cadillac, Mich.) tacked on 13 points and seven rebounds, while sophomore Valerie Smith (Owosso, Mich.) recorded a double-double with eleven points and a game-high ten rebounds.
     The Chargers placed four players in double figures in the scoring column, with Jenn Carlson leading the way with 21 points. Nikki Wustman recorded 13 points, Jodie Haines scored twelve and Jen Rolling rounded out the double-digit contingent with ten points.
     The loss drops the Cardinals to 6-1 (1-1 GLIAC) on the season, while Hillsdale moves to 5-3 (2-0 GLIAC). SVSU returns to the court on Saturday (December 13) when they host Ferris State for a 1:00p.m. contest.

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