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Women’s Basketball Takes 65-55 Win at Carroll

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Box Score HELENA, Mont. -- The 15th-ranked Westminster women's basketball team won a second straight Frontier Conference game with a 65-55 win over No. 22 Carroll on Thursday night. Westminster forced Carroll into 28 turnovers in picking up its fifth road win of the season.

Westminster is now 15-4 overall and 2-1 in the Frontier Conference. Carroll falls to 14-4 and 1-1.

The Griffins opened the game with a 19-6 run over the game's first 10 minutes. Carroll would rally back to 31-25 at the halftime intermission only to see Westminster push the lead to 38-27 with 17:41 to play. Carroll would eventually take a 48-45 lead with 10:43 remaining before the Griffins used a 13-0 run to take the game over.

Westminster shot 41.7% from the floor in the game and was 11-of-12 at the foul line. The Griffins struggled from distance, making just 4-of-19 (21.1%) from beyond the arc. They did turn those 28 Carroll turnovers into 28 points and got 25 points off the bench.

Jenteal Jackson paced the Griffins with 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting. Jackson added three rebounds and two assists. Nicole Yazzie had 10 points. Dana Bates and Angela Fales scored nine and eight points respectively off the bench. Michelle Pace grabbed a team-best seven rebounds to go with seven points.

Sara Meyer and Jeni Guertin led Carroll with 10 points apiece. The Saints shot 43.5% from the field and outrebounded Westminster 28-26.

Westminster will now head to Billings, Mont. to face Rocky Mountain College on Saturday, January 15. Tipoff at the Fortin Center is slated for 6:00 p.m.
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