GAME DETAILS

George Washington 89, Saint Louis 80

Sunday, January 31, 2016 | 2 p.m. (ET)

Charles E. Smith Center | Washington, D.C.

THE BASICS

--Sadie Stipanovich scored a game-high 20 points, but George Washington held on to sole possession of first place in the Atlantic 10 Conference with an 89-80 victory over Saint Louis Sunday afternoon at the Charles E. Smith Center.

--The Billikens, who saw their winning streak halted at seven, fell to 17-5 overall and 7-2 in the A-10. George Washington improved to 19-3, 9-0.

HOW IT HAPPENED

--Following a back-and-forth first few minutes, Saint Louis took an 11-9 lead on a Maddison Gits basket.

--George Washington finished the first quarter with a 15-4 run and led 24-15 after the opening 10 minutes.

--The Colonials led by 10 points on three occasions in the second quarter, the final time a 35-25 advantage.

--The Billikens finished the quarter with an 11-4 flurry, scoring on six of their last eight possessions to narrow the GW lead to 39-36 at halftime.

--After Saint Louis grabbed a 42-41 edge early in the third quarter, GW used a 14-6 spurt to go on top 55-48.

--The Billikens answered with an 8-2 run to slice the margin to one, 57-56. GW took a 61-56 lead to the fourth quarter.

--Aaliyah Covington's trey on SLU's first possession of the final period made it 61-59.

--George Washington stretched the lead to 71-61, but 3-pointers by Olivia Jakubicek, Jackie Kemph and Covington made it a one-possession game, 73-70.

--That was as close as the Billikens would get, however, as GW's Brianna Cummings scored on four straight possessions to extend the Colonials' lead to 81-70. 

BILLIKEN NOTABLES

--Sadie Stipanovich, who now has scored 20 or more points 10 times in her career, added seven rebounds.

--Aaliyah Covington (5-of-7 FG, 3-of-5 3-pointers) scored 15 points.

--Jackie Kemph (5-of-8 FG) tallied 14 points and eight assists.

--Jamesia Price contributed nine points, a season-high and team-high eight rebounds and a season-high-tying seven assists with just one turnover. Price moved into third place on SLU's career assists list (381).

--The Billikens shot 47.8 percent (32-of-67) from the field.

--Saint Louis was 6-of-10 from 3-point range in the second half.

GEORGE WASHINGTON LEADERS

--Lauren Chase, 19 points, 10 assists; Brianna Cummings, 18 points, six rebounds; Shannon Cranshaw, 14 points; Caira Washington, 13 points, 10 rebounds.; Kelli Prange, 10 rebounds, four blocks; Hannah Schaible, six rebounds, five assists, three steals.

UP NEXT

--The Billikens host Richmond Wednesday, Feb. 3, with an early start time of 11 a.m. More than 3,400 local elementary and middle school students will be on hand for the sixth annual Billiken Books and Basketball field trip.