HAMMOND, Ind.  - -  The Purdue Northwest Women's Basketball team hosted the Missouri-St Louis Tritons on Friday evening. Savaya Brockington (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) hit a three-pointer with 3:05 remaining in the third quarter to tie the score at 42, but an 11-0 Tritons run directly after Brockington tied the game proved to be the difference as UMSL defeated PNW 62-52 on John Friend Court at the Fitness and Recreation Center in Hammond.

"We just had too many mistakes," Head Coach Courtney Locke said. "We made a great run into the second quarter to get it tied, and that's when the missed shots and mistakes kicked in. The game is about runs and we have to be better managing runs and knowing."

Brockington led the Pride with 14 points and four assists and played a team-high 35:14 minutes. Anjel Galbraith (Vallejo, Cal./Salesian College Prep) recorded nine points, four assists, four rebounds and one steal in her 32:52 minutes on the floor. Galbraith converted an and-one with 8:44 remaining in the fourth to end the Tritons' 11-0 run and cut the UMSL lead to eight. Other leaders included Danielle Nennig (Wrightstown, Wis./Wrightstown), who had seven fouls defended, recorded eight points, four rebounds and two steals. Jackson played a season-high 30:27 minutes on the evening for Coach Locke.
 
PNW outscored UMSL in bench points 15-10, including 11-3 in the first half, and had the 5-3 advantage in fast breaks.

UMSL and PNW played a back-and-forth first quarter that ended in a 20-20 tie. Brockington led PNW with seven points on 3-4 shooting in the quarter, as she played all 10 minutes. The Pride finished the quarter shooting 9-12 from the field with seven assists, three of them from Kennedy Jackson (Carson, Calif./Redondo Union). Brittany Barnard (Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo) and Bayley Goodman (Fowler, Ind./Benton Central) each recorded one block in the quarter as well.

The second quarter saw the UMSL outscore PNW 11-6. Goodman shot 2-3 from beyond the arc, scoring all six Pride points.

Danielle Berry hit a fallaway floater as time expired to end the third quarter, bringing the Tritons' lead to nine. Brockington scored seven of her 14 points in the third to lead the Pride.

UMSL shot 5-7 in the fourth quarter, as the Pride shot 4-14, including 1-6 from three.

Locke said that she is proud of her team's fight. "We just have to continue to get better and keep working!"
    
PNW Women's Basketball next travels to University Park, Illinois to play at Governors State on Wednesday, November 20. Tipoff is slated for 5 p.m. (CT).