ST. LOUIS – Brooke Flowers scored a game-high 21 points, and Saint Louis held George Washington to 30 percent from the field in the Billikens' 76-64 Atlantic 10 Conference victory over the Colonials Saturday night at Chaifetz Arena.
 
SLU's fifth consecutive victory lifted its A-10 record to 7-5 and its overall mark to 11-16. The Billikens, who shot 52 percent overall and 44 percent from beyond the arc, are tied with Saint Joseph's for fifth place in the league standings.
 
Flowers was 9-of-13 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free throw line. She also grabbed a game-high-tying nine rebounds, including five on the offensive glass, and added four blocks, two steals and two assists.
 
Kyla McMakin scored 15 points, including a 6-of-6 effort from the foul line. Peyton Kennedy's 13 points included three 3-pointers.
 
Julia Martinez contributed eight points, seven rebounds, a game-high eight assists and two steals. Kennedy Calhoun chipped in seven points, four steals and three assists.
 
Martinez moved into ninth place on SLU's career assist list with 304. McMakin now has 468 points, good for 10th place on the Billikens' single-season chart. Calhoun's four steals lifted her total to 53, tying for sixth place in a season at Saint Louis.
 
Saint Louis got off to a hot start and led 14-5 midway through the first quarter. The Bills were on top 20-11 late in the quarter before George Washington scored the last six points to make it 20-17 at the buzzer.
 
That mini run developed into a 23-8 flurry that put the Colonials in front 34-28 at the 3:09 mark of the second quarter. However, the Billikens closed the half with a 9-0 spurt of their own as 3-pointers from Kennedy and McMakin bracketed Flowers' three-point play, and it was 37-34 Saint Louis at intermission.
 
The SLU advantage floated between one and seven points for most of the third quarter until another strong finish turned a one-point edge into a 54-46 lead heading into the final 10 minutes.
 
The Billikens built the margin to 12 points, 66-54, with 5:08 remaining. A 10-2 GW spurt made it a four-point game, 68-64, with 1:54 left, but the Colonials failed to draw closer twice following SLU turnovers.
 
Flowers grabbed an offensive rebound and scored for a six-point lead, and the Billikens went 6-for-6 from the stripe in the closing seconds.
 
Saint Louis plays at Richmond Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 5 p.m. CT.