February 12, 2005
Women’s Basketball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BRIGGS NETS CAREER-HIGH 24 IN 70-53 LOSS AT FERRIS STATE

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley State women’s basketball squad dropped their 13th consecutive meeting to the Bulldogs, 70-53, on Saturday afternoon from Jim Wink Arena. Freshman forward Kali Briggs (Jackson, Mich./Vandercook Lake) was a bright spot for the Cardinals as she dropped in a career-high 24 points on 10-of-12 shooting. She also led the squad with eight boards and grabbed four steals.
The Cardinals come out stumbling in the game’s first four minutes and trailed 9-0 going 0-of-6 from the field with three turnovers. The Bulldogs continued the pace heading into the first media timeout leading 17-0. FSU shot 6-of-8 and 4-of-5 from the arc in the first five minutes. The Cardinals first points came at 13:16 with a runner in the lane by Sara Bilunes. SVSU struggled to find their shooting touch for the first 10 minutes and trailed 22-5 at the 9:20 mark going 2-of-18 (.111) from the field. Briggs got the Cardinals a little momentum hitting her first three shots and closing the deficit to 25-13 with under five to go in the half. The Bulldogs closed out the half with a 34-18 lead on 39.4 percent (13-of-33) while SVSU shot 25.8 percent (8-of-31).
FSU scored the first seven points to start the second half and built a 41-18 lead in the first four minutes. SVSU would cut the lead to 17 points at 11:02 making it 49-32 and again making it 61-44 at 5:30, but it was the closest they could get in the second half. Sophomore guard Sara Bilunes (Holt, Mich.) shot 5-of-11 and scored 12 points while dishing out five assists. SVSU forced 28 turnovers, but FSU balanced things out by shooting 63.6 percent (14-of-22) in the second half. FSU shot 49.1 percent for the game compared to SVSU’s 33.8 percent. SVSU had a season-high 19 steals with Krista St. Aubin (Shelby Twp., Mich./Utica) grabbing a career-high six steals.

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