Women's Basketball 11/28/2015 7:40:00 PM Saint Louis Athletics

Billikens 5-0 Following 31-Point Victory

GAME DETAILS
Saint Louis 78, Eastern Illinois 47
Saturday, November 28, 2015 | 3 p.m.
Chaifetz Arena | St. Louis, Missouri

THE BASICS
--Denisha Womack and Jamesia Price registered season scoring highs to lead Saint Louis to a 78-47 victory over Eastern Illinois Saturday afternoon at Chaifetz Arena.
--Womack scored a game-high 17 points and Price tossed in 15 as the Billikens improved to 5-0 for the first time since 2006-07. Eastern Illinois fell to 1-5.

HOW IT HAPPENED
--Eastern Illinois led 15-14 after trading 7-0 runs with Saint Louis in the first quarter.
--Womack's three-point play in the final seconds of the opening period put Saint Louis in front for good, 17-15.
--The Billikens gradually expanded their lead in the second quarter. A 10-2 spurt gave SLU its first double-digit cushion, 33-22, and the Bills took a 38-27 advantage to the locker room.
--Saint Louis took firm command in the third quarter. A 13-2 flurry made it 51-29 midway through the period, and the lead did not dip below 20 points the rest of the way.

BILLIKEN NOTABLES
--Womack was 7-of-11 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free throw line. She also grabbed seven rebounds.
--Price's 6-of-11 shooting effort included a pair of 3-pointers, the fourth time in five games this season she has connected twice from beyond the arc. She added five rebounds and a game-high five assists with no turnovers.
--Jackie Kemph (4-of-6 FG, 3-of-3 FT) tallied 11 points.
--Sadie Stipanovich collected a game-high nine rebounds.
--Aaliyah Covington scored a career-high seven points.
--Maddison Gits chipped in eight points and a season-high-tying five rebounds.
--Jenny Vliet contributed a season-high four assists.
--The 31-point victory margin is the Billikens' largest of the season.
--Saint Louis' 38 first-half points and 11-point halftime lead are season highs.
--In their first four games, the Billikens shot a combined 52.5 percent from the field in the second half. They continued that trend vs. Eastern Illinois, connecting on 53.3 percent (16-of-30) following intermission.
--SLU earned its largest advantage on the boards this season, out-rebounding EIU 46-33.
--The Bills enjoyed huge advantages in points in the paint (44-16), points off turnovers (27-8) and second-chance points (16-4).
--Saint Louis committed just 13 turnovers, tying its season low.