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Taylor Schmidtke drives to the hoop on an and one play to open the game against Pacific
PLU Sports Info
50
Pacific (OR) Pac 7-10,3-5 NWC
61
Winner Pacific Lutheran PacL 7-10,4-4 NWC
Pacific (OR) Pac
7-10,3-5 NWC
50
Final
61
Pacific Lutheran PacL
7-10,4-4 NWC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Pacific (OR) Pac 7 10 14 19 50
Pacific Lutheran PacL 17 14 18 12 61

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Mark Albanese, Director of Sports Communication

Women's Basketball Bashes Boxers 61-50 for 3rd Straight Win

TACOMA, Wash. — A scoring surge to open the game put the Pacific Lutheran University women's basketball team in the driver's seat on Saturday night, cruising past Northwest Conference rival Pacific University 61-50 inside Olson Gymnasium for the program's third straight win. 
 
The Lutes (7-10, 4-4 NWC) came out of the gate swinging, leading wire-to-wire after scoring 17 of the game's first 20 points. Taylor Schmitdke set the tone early, scoring a three the old fashioned way for the game's opening points. Jaida Wood would score an and one of her own later in the quarter before a Schmidtke three from beyond the arc made it a 14-point Lute lead with 94 seconds left in the first quarter. 
 
PLU enjoyed a 17-7 edge after one quarter of play and maintained a double-digit advantage the entire second quarter, leading by 18 on an Ashley Akamine layup and taking a 31-17 edge into the locker room at the half.

The Lutes lead swelled to 20 on a Javernick layup with 1:16 left in the third quarter. The Boxers (7-10, 3-5 NWC) slowly bit into the PLU lead in the fourth, whittling it to eight on a three with 69 seconds left but free throws from Jaida Wood down the stretch kept Pacific at bay en route to the 11-point victory. 
 
Schmitdke led the Lutes with 13 points while Brooke Samura had 12 points, seven rebounds, and three steals. Wood led the team on the glass with 12 rebounds while also adding eight points. Javernick finished with seven rebounds while also adding five points.

"We played a complete game today and came away with a big win to end the first half of conference play," said Head Coach Lee Aduddell.

"We had balanced scoring and a huge defensive and rebounding night with Jaida leading the way on the defensive end of the floor."
 
PLU dominated the boards, enjoying a 42-31 rebounding advantage while hitting more free throws (16) than the Boxers had attempts (nine).   
The Lutes, winners of four of the last five, resume their four-game homestand on Friday night, hosting nationally-ranked Whitman College at 8 p.m. inside Olson Gymnasium. 
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