COUGARS TOP THE TIGERS 84-73 FOR THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE LOSS

CHICAGO, Ill. – The Olivet Nazarene University women's basketball team suffered their first conference loss of the season to Saint Xavier 84-73 on the road Saturday. Olivia Demosthenes set a new career-high with 22 points after finishing the game 9-14 from the field, 3-5 from three in the loss.

The junior guard provided a steady diet of scoring for the Tigers scoring five or more points in each of the four quarters. Her 22 points was a team-best while also tying a game-high. Her three-point basket at the 2:05-mark of the first quarter built a 17-8 lead, the largest Olivet lead for the contest.

Olivia Dirske converted a three-point bucket with 3:46 left in the first quarter for their first lead of the game with the score at 10-8. ONU went into the locker room with a 36-33 lead and would not relinquish it until SXU scored a layup with 8:32 remaining in the third quarter for the 39-38 lead. The ballgame would have four more lead changes until SXU broke away from the visitors outscoring ONU 31-21 for the period.

The Tigers could not chip away at the Saint Xavier lead as they shot 21.1% from the floor and 2-9 from beyond the arc for the final quarter. They could not convert from the free-throw line scoring at 46.9% clip and the reigning CCAC Regular Season Champions out-rebounded ONU 59-38 for the day.

Senior center, Caroline Boehne moved into fourth place all-time in rebounds for Tigerball program history after tallying six rebounds for the game. She overtook Lanita Thomas grabbing 769 boards for her career. She is now 16 rebounds behind Jess Learned to move into third.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Tigers return home to take on Indiana University Kokomo next Tuesday, Nov. 22. Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m. CT in McHie Arena. Please visit onutigers.com for all the updated links to follow the action.

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*Contact: Patrick Kaindl; Sports Information Graduate Assistant, email pkaindl@olivet.edu