ALBION, MI - Despite shooting the ball better, and turning the ball over less than Albion College, Spring Arbor lost to the Britons 79-67 on Saturday afternoon in Albion.

The difference in the game was the battle of the boards as the Cougars were out rebounded 38-20.

Spring Arbor trailed Albion 37-32 at the break and after Jessica Garrison hit two free throws to start the game's scoring, the Cougars would never hold the lead the rest of the way.

Audra Norris hit s 2 point bucket with 11:38 to go in the game to narrow Albion's lead to three points (51-54) but Albion ripped of a 14-0 run and the game would be out of reach for the Cougars the rest of the way.

Garrison led Spring Arbor with 18 points and Norris chipped in 12 points. Alex Glenn added 11 points along with five rebounds.

Albion was almost perfect from the free throw line hitting 22 of 23 attempts for 95.7% for the game. The win was the first for the Britons after losing their first three.

"We just couldn't get things going tonight," said Head Coach, Ryan Frost. "We gave up too many second chance points to stay with them. Their post player (Patty Rewa scored 22 with 10 rebounds) may have been the best we've seen so far and was pretty tough to handle. On the other end, Jessica Garrison has really come around lately and is playing with confidence and seems to have turned the corner."

Spring Arbor dropped to 2-6 on the year.

The Cougars will return home on Wednesday November 30 to resume MCC play with the University of Saint Francis. Game time is 7:00 pm.