ST. LOUIS - Jacy Bradley scored a season-high 18 points and added five assists, and Lorreal Jones grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Saint Louis in a 70-55 loss to UT Martin Tuesday night at Chaifetz Arena.

Halee Castleman, making her first career start, collected a career-high eight rebounds for the Billikens (1-4), who, for a fifth consecutive game, out-rebounded their opponents (48-44). Jones and Desirae Ball netted eight points apiece for SLU.

UT Martin (4-1) was led by Jasmine Newsome and Heather Butler, who scored 25 and 21 points, respectively. Newsome added nine assists and six rebounds. Beth Hawn snared 13 rebounds.

An 11-0 spurt gave the Billikens a 17-9 lead with 12:19 left in the first half. Jones scored six of the 11 points and Bradley supplied the other five, including a 3-pointer that punctuated the run.

After UT Martin responded with a 10-0 flurry to go on top 19-17, the Bills nudged ahead again on another Bradley trey at the 7:31 mark. Those were the last points Saint Louis would score the rest of the half, however, as the Skyhawks of the Ohio Valley Conference finished on an 11-0 run to take a 30-20 halftime advantage.

The Billikens trimmed the UTM lead to eight, 39-31, with 15:06 remaining, but that was as close as SLU would get. The Skyhawks gradually built the advantage to 23 before settling for the final margin.