Saints women lose 3rd straight

A sluggish start, including a 10-point first half, doomed Saint Martin’s in a 75-41 road loss to Montana State University Billings on Saturday night in Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s basketball.

Things didn’t get much better in the second half. The Yellowjackets grabbed their largest lead at 56-21 with 11:44 remaining.

Shelby Ferguson scored eight points to lead the Saints (11-10 overall, 4-7 GNAC), who have lost three in a row.

Concordia 60, Evergreen 53: The Geoducks struggled to find their shot all night, hitting 28 percent, as they dropped their fifth straight. Jessica Denmon posted a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead Evergreen. Sadee Jones had 11 points and Sammi Clark chipped in 10.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Western Oregon 72, Saint Martin’s 68: In spite of committing only seven turnovers and three players scoring in double figures, the Saints dropped their fourth straight game. Roger O’Neill led Saint Martin’s with 17 points on 7-for-17 shooting. Brady Bomber had 14 points and Matt Dotson had 10.

Bomber’s 3-pointer with 1:12 to play cut the deficit to five at 68-63, and another 3-pointer by O’Neill made it 72-68 with 6 seconds left, but SMU got no closer.

Concordia 78, Evergreen 67: The Geoducks couldn’t overcome the hot shooting of the Cavs’ Willy Ligon, who hit five 3-pointers, dropping Evergreen to 2-20 overall.

Frankie Johnson led Evergreen with 16 points.