MCMINNVILLE, Ore. – An 87-75 loss to the Whitworth Pirates on Senior Day ended the 2019-20 season for Linfield as Kory Oleson scores 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds in her last game as a Wildcat.
 
Linfield finishes the regular season with an overall record of 12-13 and 6-10 in Northwest Conference play, falling just one game short of the NWC Tournament. Whitworth finishes the season 14-11 overall and 7-9 in NWC play, but was edged out Puget Sound on a tiebreaker for the final spot of the NWC Tournament.
 
Both teams scored 23 points in the first and the second quarters, but a 22-12 edge in the third quarter helped the Pirates pull ahead for good. Sydney Abbott was outstanding for the Pirates in the paint, as she shot 11 for 14 from the field and scored game-high 27 points, she was aided by 16 points from Jordan Smith and 12 points and nine points from Megan Dorney.
 
Oleson shot 11 for 19 from the field for her 26 points. She raised her season average to 19 points per game, which is best in the NWC. She finishes the leading scorer in the conference two seasons in a row and her average of 6.1 rebounds per game is eighth in the conference.
 
Delaney Ragan scored 15 points and collected eight rebounds. Ragan finishes the season averaging 10.8 points per game, which is third-best on the team. Maggie Smith scored 11 points and eight rebounds off the bench for the 'Cats.
 
Cassidy Schutz had six assists and three rebounds in her last collegiate game and Hanna Bingham had two points and two rebounds as a graduating senior playing her last game.
 
Linfield played all 14 players on its active roster in the game and shot 41.8 percent from the field and 37.5 three-point percentage. The Wildcats fell in their final four games to close out the season.
 
Seniors Hanna Bingham, Molly Danielson, Kory Oleson and Cassidy Schutz played their games at Linfield on Saturday and were part of the starting five along with junior guard Jordyn Feinauer.
 
Bingham finishes her college career appearing 73 games grabbing 140 rebounds and shooting 74.6 from the stripe, including a perfect 12 for 12 this season.
 
Danielson, who missed the final seven games of the season due to a knee injury, suited up for the game and was taken out of the game for the final time in her Linfield career. One of the all-time greats in Linfield history, she finishes as the program's all-time leader in rebounds with 744, third in points with 1,340 and second in field goals made with 513 made field goals during her four-year career.
 
Oleson played at Linfield for three seasons, but her name is prominent throughout the Linfield record book. She is fourth all-time in points with 1,327 points, third in points per game with average of 17.3 points and third in minutes played per game with an average of 32.7 in the 76 games she appeared in.
 
Schutz tallied 349 points, 168 assists, 194 rebounds and 53 steals in her four-year career. She appeared in 71 games, starting all but four games the past two seasons.

"The impact of this senior class is invaluable on and off the court. They have made such a tremendous impact on the program, they will truly be missed," said coach Casey Bunn-Wilson on the graduating seniors.