THE BASICS

--Jackie Kemph tallied 17 points and six assists en route to earning All-Tournament honors, but a 14-2 third-quarter run propelled Tulane to a 66-58 victory over Saint Louis Monday night in the championship game of the Tulane Classic Presented by Embassy Suites.

--Saint Louis slipped to 9-2, while Tulane of the American Athletic Conference improved to 9-3.

--Denisha Womack also was selected to the All-Tournament team.

HOW IT HAPPENED

--Saint Louis built a 13-6 advantage with the help of three 3-pointers, but an 8-2 Tulane run cut the lead to 15-14 after one quarter.

--After Maddison Gits hit a bucket and a 3-pointer to stretch the margin to six, Tulane scored seven straight points to go in front 21-20.

--Denisha Womack's basket put SLU back on top. Jenny Vliet's trey and Gits' layup gave the Billikens a 27-23 halftime lead.

--Tulane scored on its first seven possessions of the third quarter to grab a 37-29 edge. Womack answered with three consecutive field goals to trim the deficit to 39-35, and Gits sank two free throws to make it a 40-37 game. However, the Green Wave registered the last four points of the period to lead 44-37 after three.

--Tulane took its largest lead, 50-39, with 7:30 remaining. A 61-51 Green Wave advantage was sliced in half when the Billikens recorded a five-point possession – Vliet's triple and two Jackie Kemph free throws following a Tulane technical foul – with 47 seconds left.

--Aaliyah Covington's layup with 21 seconds to play made it 62-58, but Tulane converted four free throws in the waning moments to secure the win.

BILLIKEN NOTABLES

--Jackie Kemph's 17-point total included a 6-of-6 effort from the free throw line. Kemph has 65 free throw attempts in 11 games after shooting 70 times from the stripe all of last season.

--Maddison Gits was 5-of-9 from the field and tossed in 13 points.

--Denisha Womack scored 12 points on 6-of-10 shooting.

--Jenny Vliet contributed nine points and a team-high seven rebounds.

--Jamesia Price had two steals, giving her 152 for her career and moving her into fifth place on Saint Louis' all-time list.

--The Billikens were 10-of-10 from the free throw line.

TULANE LEADERS

--Courtnie Latham, 23 points; Tierra Jones, 10 points, 15 rebounds; Chinwe Duru, 10 points, eight rebounds; Leslie Vorpahl, five assists.

UP NEXT

--The Billikens play their final nonconference road game of the season Monday, Dec. 28, against Ball State in Muncie, Indiana. Tip time is 6 p.m. (CT).