GAME DETAILS

Saint Louis 63, Memphis 57

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 | 7 p.m.

Elma Roane Fieldhouse | Memphis, Tennessee

THE BASICS

--Jackie Kemph scored a career-high 22 points and added 12 assists for her third career double-double to lead Saint Louis to a 63-57 victory over Memphis Wednesday night at Elma Roane Fieldhouse.

--Jenny Vliet tallied a season-high 16 points and Jamesia Price added 12 for the Billikens (7-0), who tied the program record for consecutive wins to begin a season. Sadie Stipanovich and Denisha Womack collected eight and seven rebounds, respectively. Memphis fell to 4-3.

HOW IT HAPPENED

--After Saint Louis jumped out to a 7-2 lead, Memphis used a 9-2 run to take an 11-9 edge. Jackie Kemph's 3-pointer and two Maddison Gits free throws put the Billikens in front 14-13 at the end of the first quarter.

--Kemph, Jamesia Price and Jenny Vliet connected from beyond the arc in the second quarter to help SLU build a six-point advantage, 27-21. Memphis tallied the last three points of the period to whittle the Billikens' lead to 27-24 at intermission.

--The Billikens came out on fire in the third quarter, drilling five 3-pointers and outscoring Memphis 23-9 to pull out to a 50-33 cushion.

--After SLU upped the lead to 52-33, Memphis used a 10-0 spurt to narrow the gap to 52-43. The Tigers pulled to within four, 61-57, with 11 seconds left, but Kemph sank two free throws to seal the victory.

BILLIKEN NOTABLES

--In addition to tying the best overall start in program history, the Billikens have won their first three road games of the season for just the second time. The 1980-81 team won its first six on the road.

--The Billikens drained a season-high 10 3-pointers (10-of-26, 38.5 percent). Vliet was 4-of-9 (SLU season-high four treys), Kemph was 3-of-5 and Price was 3-of-6; both players registered a season high for 3-point buckets.

--Kemph also was 5-of-5 from the foul line to improve her team-best season mark to 86 percent.

--The Bills had 18 assists on 22 field goals.

--Saint Louis held Memphis to 1-of-16 from beyond the arc.

MEMPHIS LEADERS

Ariel Hearn, 17 points, three steals; Asianna Fuqua-Bey 12 points, 14 rebounds; Loysha Morris, 11 points, three steals.

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