ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Siena Heights women's basketball team outlasted Concordia, 72-68, in WHAC action on Wednesday night for its 15th straight victory. The winning streak is the Saints' longest in more than 40 years: Siena Heights won 23 straight in 1978-79.
Kayla Hinton was SHU's leading scorer with 20 points while Olivia DeLong had a strong double-double effort with 16 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks and two steals.
E'Moni Guice-Finch had 14 points, including 11 in a momentum-shifting second quarter.
The two teams traded the lead six times during the final five minutes before DeLong made 1 of 2 free throws to put SHU ahead 69-68. After a defensive stop, Guice-Finch increased the lead to two by making 1 of 2 freebies.
The game was iced away when E'Anna Won made a steal and then converted a pair of free throws with five seconds left.
SHU (15-2, 10-1) had trailed 22-15 through one quarter before Guice-Finch led the way back in the second to help the Saints to a 36-32 halftime lead.
Siena Heights maintained the advantage through the third until the host Cardinals (11-5, 10-2) pulled ahead to a 57-54 edge early in the fourth. The Saints regained the lead at 61-57 before CUAA pulled ahead 62-61 -- the first of the final six lead changes.
The Saints will return to play on Saturday with a visit to Aquinas.