The Olivia's Carry The Load As Boxers Fall To Loggers

The Olivia's Carry The Load As Boxers Fall To Loggers

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FOREST GROVE – Pacific's two Olivia's combined for half of Pacific's points Friday night, but the effort was not enough to complete a comeback on Puget Sound as the Logeers went on to a 76-60 victory in Northwest Conference women's basketball action at the Stoller Center.
 
Olivia Cook (Jr., Beaverton, Ore.) led all scorers with 16 points while Olivia Mayorga-Overtone (Jr., Oakland, Calif.) added 14 points off the bench.  The two keyed a rally that saw the Boxers outscore the Loggers 28-16 over the final 8 minutes, 47 seconds of the first half to bring Pacific from 12 points down into a 38-38 halftime tie.
 
The hot hand did not last in the second half, though, as the Boxers experienced a nine-minute scoring drought in the middle of the frame that gave Puget Sound the cushion they needed for the victory.
 
Abby Jones (Jr., Haines, Alaska) added 10 points as the Boxers (4-11, 0-7 NWC) shot 37.7 percent from the field (20-53) and just 28 percent in the second half.  The Boxers were also 4 of 14 from three-point range and 16 of 24 at the free throw line.
 
Katy Ainslie led Puget Sound (11-5, 4-3 NWC) with 15 points as the Loggers finished the night shooting 42.6 percent from the field (26-61), 30 percent from three-point range (6-20) and 18 of 21 from the free throw line.  Puget Sound also out-rebounded Pacific 43-31.  Amanda Forshay added 13 points and a game-high eight rebounds.  Allie Wyszynski came off the bench to score 12 and Emily Sheldon scored 11.
 
Puget Sound bolted out on a 10-0 run to open the game, fueled by seven points from Sheldon.  Mayorga-Overtone ended the streak with her jumper at the 15:23 mark, but the Loggers kept the heat on and built a 12-point lead, 18-6, on Ainslie's jumper with 10:46 to go. 
 
The Loggers held a 27-17 lead when a pair of Mayorga-Overtone free throws started a 13-4 run that allowed the Boxers to pull within 31-30 on Cook's free throw with 3:13 left.  Puget Sound bumped the lead back to seven points with 1:57 left, but Jones scored five of the final seven points of the frame, pulling the Boxers into a 38-38 tie at the half.
 
The second half started out tight, but Taylor Jones' three-pointer at the 15:57 mark broke a 45-45 tie and sparked 19-1 run over the next nine minutes that broke the spirit of the Boxers.  Wyszynski scored 10 points to lead the run as the Loggers bolted out to an 18-point advantage, 64-46, with 7:21 to go.  Pacific would get no closer than 12 points the rest of the way.
 
Pacific will close out the first half of the NWC schedule on Saturday at Linfield.  Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m.  A live audio webcast of the game will be available at GoBoxers.com.  Puget Sound plays at George Fox.
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