MEMPHIS – Kyla McMakin scored a game-high 23 points, Mia Nicastro netted a career-high 13 and Brooke Flowers netted her 1,000th career point, but Memphis rallied for an 83-71 victory over Saint Louis Saturday afternoon at Elma Roane Fieldhouse.
 
Flowers surpassed the 1,000-point mark with a first-quarter layup. She finished with eight points, a team-high six rebounds and three blocks.
 
Nicastro was 4-of-7 from the field and 5-of-6 from the foul line in amassing her 13 points.
 
"I think I just get excited to play against big, physical teams," Nicastro said. "It encourages me to pick up my toughness and my rebounding a little bit. Coach Tillett always tells us that our toughness will be checked by teams like this, so I think that gives me a little extra push and makes me go a little harder."
 
Kennedy Calhoun finished with game highs of six assists and a season-high five steals. Julia Martinez contributed nine points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals.
 
Saint Louis led by eight points at the end of three quarters, but Memphis scored on six of its first eight fourth-quarter possessions and took the lead for good, 68-65, on a Madison Griggs 3-pointer at the 7:06 mark.
 
SLU overcame a 4-0 first-quarter deficit to lead 6-4. After a 12-4 Memphis spurt put the Tigers on top 16-10, the Billikens used an 8-0 run of their own to grab an 18-16 lead before Memphis took a 19-18 edge at the end of one.
 
Camree Clegg connected from beyond the arc on three straight second-quarter possessions to highlight a 23-6 flurry that gave the Billikens a 41-26 cushion. McMakin tallied six points in the back end of the run. Memphis used six free throws and a trey in the closing minutes of the half to cut the SLU lead to 43-37 at intermission.
 
The Billikens pushed the margin back into double digits in the third quarter, leading 49-37 after scoring on three of their first five possessions and 52-40 following a Peyton Kennedy 3-pointer. Saint Louis was on top 63-55 at the buzzer.
 
Saint Louis returns to action Wednesday, Dec. 21, hosting Southern Illinois. Tipoff at Chaifetz Arena is set for 4 p.m.