Box Score CEDAR CITY, Utah – The Westminster College women's basketball team dropped a 59-57 decision at NCAA DI Southern Utah on Saturday night.

Westminster falls to 5-6 overall with the loss and they are now 0-2 in road games. Southern Utah improves to 4-6.

The Griffins would lead by as many as 11 in the first half, but allowed a 6-0 run to end the half by SUU to take a 28-24 lead into the intermission.  SUU took the lead behind a 9-0 run early in the second half and then took the lead for good with 9:13 to play.

Westminster would tie the score at 55-55 with 2:54 remaining as Nicole Yazzie made a three and then Shelby Ellsworth connected on a jumper.  Four straight points from Kimmie Hawkins would push the SUU advantage back to four with 1:42 to play.  Allie Eastman made two free throws with 45 second left to get the Griffins back within two.

Still trailing by two in the final seconds, Westminster recorded a steal by Eastman that led to Amy Krommenhoek getting fouled with four seconds remaining.  The freshman missed the first attempt and was forced to miss the second on purpose.  After not getting the rebound, Westminster fouled and watched Hawkins miss both of her attempts.  Jenteal Jackson grabbed the rebound but came up short on a long range shot at the buzzer.

Jackson had a big night for the Griffins, leading the team with 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting.  She had three makes from beyond the arc to go with three rebound, three steals and two assists.  Yazzie finished with 15 points giving her 999 in her career.  With her next point she will become the sixth player in school history to reach 1,000 in a career.

Hawkins led SUU with 19 points while Andrea Jones added 12 off the bench.  Carli Moreland had seven points and a game-high 12 rebounds.

The Griffins are now off until Dec. 29 when they play at Hope International as part of the Biola Holiday Classic.  Westminster will also face The Master's while in California on Dec. 30.