Published: November 21, 2007 10:59 pm         

Against Spalding, turnovers doom St. Mary-of-the-Woods basketball

Louisville, Ky. — St. Mary-of-the-Woods committed 26 turnovers and were easily defeated by Spalding College 80-54 in a women’s basketball game on Tuesday.

For SMWC, Kendra Stumler scored 14 points, Kaiti Nease 13 points, while Abby McKee narrowly missed a double-double with eight points, nine rebounds.



SMWC (54) — McKee 3-12 2-2 8, Gregg 1-4 3-4 5, Brown 3-13 2-2 8, Nease 5-8 3-4 13, Stumler 5-11 4-4 14, Hayes 2-4 1-2 6, Trimble 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 19-56 FG, 15-18 FT, 54 TP.

SPALDING (80) — Mercer 2-7 2-2 7, Graves 1-8 6-7 8, Miles 6-10 1-3 15, Beasley 3-4 0-0 6, Richardson 2-9 3-4 7, Walker 1-2 0-2 2, Etherton 3-5 0-0 8, Buss 2-8 2-2 7, Pendleton 3-8 0-0 6, Mattingly 6-10 0-2 12, Karrer 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 30-75 FG, 14-22 FT, 80 TP.

Halftime — Spalding 35, SMWC 23. 3-point goals — SMWC 1-4 (Gregg 0-1, Brown 0-2, Hayes 1-1), Spalding 6-16 (Mercer 1-3, Graves 0-2, Miles 2-3, Etherton 2-2, Buss 1-6). Rebounds — SMWC 37 (McKee 9, Stumler 8), Spalding 48 (Miles 7, Pendleton 7). Total fouls — SMWC 13, Spalding 14. Fouled out — none. Assists — SMWC 8 (Trimble 5), Spalding 22 (Mercer 6). Turnovers — SMWC 26, Spalding 15. Blocks — SMWC 8 (Brown 3), Spalding 1 (Pendleton). Steals — SMWC 5 (McKee 2, Hayes 2), Spalding 17 (Mercer 5).

Next — St. Mary-of-the-Woods (0-5) travels to Earlham on Wednesday.