Brooklynn Jones | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Brooklynn Jones | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Jones scores career-high 26 as SMWC holds off IU Kokomo
Brooklynn Jones (Loogootee, Ind./Loogootee) poured in a career-high 26 points to lead Saint Mary-of-the-Woods (11-5, 3-5 River States Conference) to a 65-57 victory against IU Kokomo in a women's college basketball game Saturday at Hamilton Arena.
Jones made 10 of 21 from the field and helped hold off the Cougars with 10 points in the fourth quarter. She also had a team-high 11 rebounds.
The Pomeroys also got 14 points from senior Avalee Jeffers (Cory, Ind./Clay City).
SMWC led 15-11 after the opening quarter behind eight points from Jones, but IU Kokomo clawed back to take a 29-26 lead at halftime.
Brionna Sims (East Georgia State) helped the Pomeroys retake the lead in the third quarter, scoring six of her eight points off the bench in the period.
Jones hit a mid-range jumper with 2:08 to go in the third quarter and Jeffers converted a layup with 27 seconds on the third-quarter clock to put SMWC ahead 45-40 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Pomeroys used a 6-0 spurt to take control of the game. Sims hit two free throws, Jones connected from mid-range and Abbi Parker finished off a drive down the left side of the lane to put SMWC ahead 55-47 with 2:41 to go.
"We were able to control pace in the second half and play our style," coach Terry Bowe said.
SMWC shot 41.8 percent overall and 17 for 18 at the free-throw line.
The Pomeroys' 3-5 mark in the RSC puts them fifth in the West Division standings and eighth overall, a 1/2-game ahead of Point Park and Ohio Christian. The top eight teams in the league qualify for the postseason tournament.
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