BOX SCORE
PORTLAND, Ore. – In a battle of teams fighting for playoff spots, Corban knocked off Concordia 63-49 in Cascade Collegiate Conference women’s basketball action on Friday night.
With the win, Corban improved to 10-16 overall and 5-9 in CCC play. Meanwhile, Concordia fell to 10-13 and 4-9 in league action.
After watching Concordia score the game's opening bucket, Corban went on a 12-0 run over a four-plus minute span en route to securing a 10-point lead (12-2) following a Katie Steigleman lay-in with 15:20 left. Almost seven minutes later, Corban would grab its largest lead of the opening half with the score 23-10 after a Monique Tribble lay-in with 8:31 on the clock.
Concordia would get as close as eight points (28-20) thanks to a
Taylor Helwig free throw before Corban settled for an 11-point half time lead (31-20) thanks to a three-pointer by Becky Buhler for the final points of the opening frame.
In the second half, Concordia would pull within six points (39-33) following a Kourtney Craft jumper with 13:33 to go. Over the next three-plus minutes, Corban would use a 10-4 run en route to securing a 12-point lead (49-37) lead following a Steigleman fast break lay-in with just under 10 minutes remaining.
The host Cavaliers were led in scoring by
Ann Snodderly, who tallied a game-high 16 points on 6 of 11 shooting from the field. Snodderly was aided scoring-wise by a pair of Cavaliers –
Danielle Clauson and
Rachel Scarpelli – who scored 10 points each to go along with Clauson's game-high nine rebounds.
Corban’s Jennesa Miller scored a team-high 15 points off the bench on 5 for 8 shooting from the field. Miller was aided scoring-wise by a trio of Warriors as Tribble (14), Steigleman (11) and Tess Bennett (10) each reached double digits.
As a team, Corban shot 24-for-60 (40.0%) from the field to go along with a 3 for 10 (30 percent) showing from beyond the three-point line and a 12 for 17 (70.6 percent) performance at the free throw line. On the other hand, Concordia was 21 for 56 (37.5 percent) from the field, 2 for 6 (33.3 percent) from long distance, and 5 for 9 (55.6 percent) at the charity stripe.
Concordia will next take the floor on Saturday evening by hosting Northwest Christian. Corban will return to the court against nationally-ranked Warner Pacific.