GAME DETAILS

Saint Louis 84, No. 23 Duquesne 81

Thursday, February 18, 2016 | 7 p.m.

Chaifetz Arena | St. Louis, Missouri

THE BASICS

--Jackie Kemph and Denisha Womack registered double-doubles to lead Saint Louis to an 84-81 Atlantic 10 Conference victory over Duquesne, the Billikens' 20th win of the season, Thursday night at Chaifetz Arena.

--The Billikens (20-6, 10-3 A-10) added to their school records for total victories and conference victories and moved into a third-place tie in the A-10 with St. Bonaventure.

--Duquesne, which came in ranked 23rd in the USA Today Coaches' Poll and receiving votes in the Associated Press Top 25, slipped to 23-3, 11-2. The loss snapped the Dukes' seven-game winning streak.

HOW IT HAPPENED

--Duquesne held a pair of early two-point leads, but a Denisha Womack 3-pointer gave Saint Louis the lead for good, 5-4.

--Womack's triple ignited a 19-6 run, featuring five different scorers, that put the Billikens in front 21-10 late in the first quarter. Duquesne trimmed the lead to 21-15 by the end of the period.

--The Dukes cut the margin to three points on three occasions in the second quarter, the final time 27-24 with 6:03 left. The Billikens answered with eight straight points to match their largest first-half lead, 35-24, at the 3:16 mark.

--Duquesne responded with an 8-2 spurt to make it a 37-32 game at intermission.

--In the third quarter, Duquesne chipped away and pulled to within a point four times. The Billikens responded with points on each occasion, however, to maintain the upper hand, and they led 65-60 after three.

--Jamesia Price made two free throws on SLU's initial fourth-quarter possession for a seven-point advantage, the Bills' largest lead of the final stanza.

--Duquesne whittled the margin to two points and had two possessions with a chance to tie or take the lead, but the Dukes failed to capitalize. Jenny Vliet then hit a tough shot to give Saint Louis a 78-74 edge.

--A Duquesne 3-pointer with 47 seconds left made it 79-77 SLU. Following a timeout, Price took a pass from Kemph for a layup and a four-point lead with 18 seconds remaining.

--Kemph answered a Duquesne free throw with two of her own to give SLU an 83-78 lead with eight seconds to go. The Dukes connected for a 3-pointer, and after Kemph made one of two from the stripe, a desperation 3-pointer was off the mark.

BILLIKEN NOTABLES

--Jackie Kemph recorded her second consecutive double-double, fifth of the season and sixth of her career with 19 points and a game-high 13 assists. She sank a career-high 10 free throws (10-of-12) and committed just two turnovers.

--With her 13 helpers, Kemph set a Billiken single-season record for assists (187).

--Denisha Womack scored 10 points (4-of-6 FG, 2-of-4 3-pointers) and grabbed 11 rebounds, her first double-double of the season and eighth of her career.

--Sadie Stipanovich (8-of-11 FG) scored 16 points and became the 18th player in SLU women's basketball history to score 1,000 career points (1,009).

--Maddison Gits (6-of-8 FG) tallied 12 points off the bench.

--Saint Louis has scored in the 80s in two consecutive games for the first time since the 2006-07 season, when the Billikens produced 92 points vs. St. Bonaventure and followed with 90 vs. Fordham.

--The Billikens shot 52.5 percent (31-of-59) from the field overall – the third time in four games connecting on 50 percent or better – 40 percent (6-of-15) from beyond the arc and 84.2 percent (16-of-19) from the free throw line.

--SLU earned a 35-32 advantage on the boards and outscored Duquesne 42-30 in the paint.

DUQUESNE LEADERS

--Deva'Nyar Workman, 24 points, seven rebounds; Amadea Szamosi, 16 points, seven rebounds; April Robinson, 14 points, nine assists; Chassidy Omogrosso, 12 points; Kadri-Ann Lass, seven rebounds, four blocks.

UP NEXT

--The Billikens travel to the Bronx, New York, to face Fordham Sunday, Feb. 21. Game time is 1 p.m. (CT).