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Saint Francis (Ind.) SFIN 11-10, 6-3 CL

Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU 11-10, 2-7 CL

Saint Francis (Ind.) SFIN

11-10, 6-3 CL

Final

Jan. 18, 2017

Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU

11-10, 2-7 CL

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Saint Francis (Ind.) SFIN	10	16	21	9	56
Spring Arbor (Mich.) SAU	10	11	12	25	58

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 1/18/2017 12:00:00 AM

Furious fourth quarter comeback gives SAU 58-56 win over Saint Francis

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SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – Trailing by 16 with a minute left in the third quarter, the Spring Arbor University women's basketball team mounted a furious fourth quarter comeback to earn a 58-56 victory over the University of Saint Francis Wednesday night.

The Cougars outscored Saint Francis 25-9 over the final 10 minutes and got a clutch three-pointer from Autumn Goggin in the final minute to take the lead for good.

THE BASICS

FINAL SCORE: Spring Arbor 58, Saint Francis 56

LOCATION: SAU Fieldhouse | Spring Arbor, Mich.

RECORDS: Spring Arbor 11-10 (2-7 CL), Saint Francis 11-10 (6-3 CL)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Spring Arbor and Saint Francis traded the lead five different times through the first 13 minutes of action before USF scored seven unanswered points to grab a 21-14 advantage at the 5:13 mark of the second quarter. The visitors would eventually take a 26-21 into halftime.
Saint Francis began to heat up in the third quarter as it expanded its lead to double digits. The visiting Cougars shot 50 percent (7-for-14) from the field in the period, and hit five three-pointers. One of those triples came from Kara Gerka at the 1:09 mark of the stanza to give USF its largest lead of the night, 45-29.
Spring Arbor refused to go away, however, and came storming back in the final frame. Leaning on its defense, the Cougars outscored USF 25-9 over the final 10 minutes to erase the deficit. Using full-court pressure, Spring Arbor forced Saint Francis into seven turnovers, and held the visitors scoreless for a six minute stretch.
Trailing by three with 1:26 remaining, Kylie Townsley converted an old-fashioned three-point play to even the score at 53-53. Following a Saint Francis free throw, Goggin buried a three-pointer to give SAU its first lead since early in the second quarter.
Saint Francis had a chance at the tie in the closing seconds, but Townsley came up with a huge steal to help clinch the victory.

FOR SPRING ARBOR

Townsley scored a game-high 27 points – one off her season-high – while also adding six rebounds and three steals. Goggin followed with 19 points, with 14 coming in the fourth quarter. The duo combined to score all 25 of SAU's points in the final period.
Karly Bender finished with five assists and three steals. Rachel Driesenga hauled in eight rebounds while Ryann Laier grabbed seven boards.
Spring Arbor shot 32 percent (20-for-62) on the night and 55 percent (11-for-20) from the free throw line.

FOR SAINT FRANCIS

Saint Francis was led by Gerka, who posted 15 points and 10 rebounds. Quila Jackson chipped in nine points while three other players finished with eight.
USF outshot Spring Arbor, connecting on 39 percent (20-for-52) of its field goal attempts, but only managed to get to the free throw line 11 times. The visitors also held a 46-34 edge in rebounding.
The loss snapped USF's six game winning streak.

UP NEXT

Spring Arbor travels to Marion, Indiana to take on No. 12 Indiana Wesleyan University (14-7, 7-2 CL) on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 1 p.m.