RESULT
Massachusetts 69, Saint Louis 66
Sunday, Feb. 5, 2022 | 11 a.m. CT
Mullins Center | Amherst, Mass.

GAME DETAILS
• Ciaja Harbison recorded 27 points and led a late push for the Billikens, but Massachusetts snuck past Saint Louis, 69-66, Saturday afternoon in an Atlantic 10 Conference game at Mullins Center in Amherst, Mass.
• The Billikens moved to 2-5 in league play and 6-13 overall, while the Minutewomen improved to 17-5, 5-3.
• With 27 in the game, Harbison passed Sadie Stipanovich for second all-time at SLU with 1,609 points.
• A Sevval Gul trey put the Billikens up by 10 with 37 seconds left in the first quarter, giving them 23 points in the frame. SLU held a 23-16 lead at the end of the period.
• The Billikens held a 29-24 advantage with 4:47 remaining the first half, but the Minutewomen ended the frame on a 13-3 run and posted a five-point edge at the break.
• With the help of nine points from Harbison, the Billikens outscored UMass 15-11 in the third quarter to trail by just one heading into the final frame.
• SLU came within one point on five occasions in the fourth quarter, including with 11 seconds left on a Peyton Kennedy bucket, but the Minutewomen responded each time and snuck away with the 69-66 victory.

BILLIKEN NOTABLES
• Harbison collected her ninth 20-point game of the season, finishing with 27, while also tallying four rebounds, one assist and one steal.
• Natalie McNeal posted 15 points, along with seven rebounds, six assists and three steals.
• Brooke Flowers finished one point shy of a double-double, with 10 points and nine rebounds.

UP NEXT
Saint Louis returns home Wednesday for an A-10 battle with Dayton.