Jan. 29, 2015 Final Stats
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LOS ANGELES - A valiant second-half comeback by the shorthanded LMU women's basketball team came up just short Thursday as the Lions fell 56-49 to Saint Mary's in Gersten Pavilion.
Trailing 36-26 wit 15:44 remaining in the game, the Lions mounted a comeback, using a 12-2 run capped by back-to-back threes by Leslie Lopez-Wood and Sophie Taylor to knot the score at 38-38 with 10:07 remaining. Both teams would go cold for more than four minutes after that, but LMU would eventually break through first as Emily Ben-Jumbo powered her way to the basket for the 40-38 advantage with 5:34 to go.
The Gaels would respond with a pair of foul shots by Hayley Hendricksen, but Lopez-Wood answered with another three for a 43-40 LMU lead.
That would be the final lead for the Lions, however, as the Gaels scored five straight to move ahead 47-43 and would then hit 9-of-10 from the charity stripe down the stretch.
Lopez-Wood finished with a game-high 21 points, including 5-of-7 from three. Makenzie Cast added eight points and Taylor chipped in seven for the Lions (3-18, 1-9 WCC) who shot 35 percent from the field.
Saint Mary's (15-6, 8-2 WCC) shot just 33 percent from the field, but held a sizable advantage form the free-throw line, hitting 18-of-24 foul shots. LMU shot 6-of-10 from the charity stripe.
Hendricksen led the Gaels with 16 points and Stella Beck added 10 points and 10 rebounds. The Gaels out rebounded the Lions 44-31, including collecting 20 offensive boards for 18 second chance points.
LMU returns to action Saturday, closing out a four-game homestand by hosting Pacific at 2 p.m.
