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Women's Hoops Snags First Win of 2023-24 at Lourdes

Women's Hoops Snags First Win of 2023-24 at Lourdes

SYLVANIA, Ohio -- The Siena Heights women's basketball team earned its first win with a 71-55 victory at WHAC opponent Lourdes on Wednesday night.

Jillian Gelso buried six 3-pointers en route to a 22-point, nine-rebound effort. Kayla Hinton had her second straight double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.

E'Anna Won had 14 points and five assists. Brooke Rebman added 13 points for SHU (1-2, 1-1).

Siena Heights fell behind 1-0 before taking the lead for good with 10 consecutive points in the first quarter. The Saints snagged a 22-7 edge through one; Rebman had eight points in the period while Hinton put in seven.

Lourdes (1-2, 0-1) chipped away to pull within three points in the third quarter, but SHU outscoreds its host 21-12 to pull away in the fourth.

As a team, the Saints were 20 of 57 from the field (35.1 percent), going 10 of 28 from 3-point land (35.7). SHU was 21 of 29 from the line (72.4) and had its best game this season protecting the basketball with 14 turnovers.

The Saints will return to play on Saturday with a 5 p.m. contest against Aquinas at the SHU Fieldhouse.