McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Shots were falling for Puget Sound as the Linfield women's basketball team took an 81-50 loss to the Loggers Saturday night at Ted Wilson Gymnasium.
Puget Sound put up more than 20 points in each of the first three quarters to break away early. The Loggers extended their lead to as much as 36 points at the 8:16 mark in the fourth quarter. They shot 37.8 percent from the field, 34.5 percent from three-point range and 75 percent from the free throw line. The Loggers caught fire in the third quarter, going 10 for 19 from the field, including 4 for 7 from outside.
Kennedy Brown led the offensive charge with 15 points on 6 of 15 shooting with a pair of threes. She also finished with five rebounds and two steals. Paige Gerhart dropped 12 points to go with four rebounds, four assists and two steals while Jordyn Reverman turned in 10 points and a game-high eight rebounds off the bench. Reverman led a UPS bench that scored 41 points.
Linfield connected on 57.1 percent from the field in the first quarter and 40 percent in the second, but the Wildcats made just 30 percent of their shots in the second half. The 'Cats struggled from long range, going 3 for 15 with all three buckets coming in the fourth quarter.
The Loggers allowed just one Linfield player to score in double digits. Junior guard
Janessa Yniguez led the 'Cats in scoring for the second straight night, putting up 10 points to go with two rebounds. She went 3 for 7 from the field and knocked down two of the team's three three-pointers. Freshman forward
Gillyan Landis finished with seven points, four rebounds and two blocks while freshman guard
Emma Schmerbach had six points. Freshman forward
Elyse Waldal led the 'Cats with five rebounds.
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The Loggers moved to 15-3 overall and 8-2 in Northwest Conference play to stay in second place. The 'Cats (0-16, 0-8 NWC) will take on three games next week, playing at cross-county rival George Fox at 6 p.m. on Wednesday before hosting Whitworth at 6 p.m. on Friday and Whitman at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Ted Wilson Gymnasium.
UPDATED SPECTATOR POLICY
To ensure that the Linfield Community, i.e. Students, Staff, and Faculty, remain as healthy as possible during the latest surge of COVID cases due primarily to the Omicron Variant in Oregon, Linfield Athletics is adjusting our current athletic contest spectator policy to the following:
- For home-based basketball games, home and visiting student-athletes will be allotted 4 family member spectator tickets; those 4 people will be on a list and must provide proof of vaccination at the door. They will also be expected to sit together at the event. No additional spectators will be allowed entry at this time.
- There will be no admission charge for approved spectators.
- All participants, coaches, spectators and operations personnel must comply with mask use while inside our facilities (except players or officials during active competition and practice). This means wearing the mask over your mouth & nose at all times. No exceptions AND non-compliant individuals will be told to leave the venue!
- Spectators are asked to space themselves throughout the bleachers, as per physical distancing guidelines.
- There will be no band attendance.
- Concessions will not be sold until further notice. Food is not allowed in our venues, but non-alcoholic drinks may be consumed during events as long as proper masking is taking place between actively taking a drink.
- These adjustments are temporary, and we will re-evaluate all protocols regularly.