BURNABY, B.C. -- For the second time in three games, Jessica Wisotzki lifted the Simon Fraser women's basketball team to victory with a career-best performance.

The sophomore guard/forward scored 32 points as SFU beat the Concordia (Calif.) Eagles 85-75 Friday at the Lions Thanksgiving Classic in San Diego. She made 12 of her 18 shots from the field, including five of six from behind the three-point line. Her previous career high was the 26 points she recorded in a Nov. 13 contest at Holy Names (Calif.)

Senior forward Claudia Hart had 14 points after going perfect on all four shots from the field, and converting four of six at the foul line. Junior guard/forward Sophie Klassen contributed 12 points and a team-best nine rebounds.

SFU (3-4) put together a 34-10 run that bridged the first and second quarters to change the tone of the game

With 5:43 to go in the opening period, SFU trailed 14-7. Junior guard Georgia Swant sparked the surge with a three-point basket. The two sides traded baskets before Wisotzki nailed a long-distance shot with about three minutes to go in the quarter. The Eagles turned the ball over on the next possession. Wisotzki made a layup after grabbing an offensive rebound to give SFU its first lead at 19-18. The team didn't trail again. After a bucket from Klassen, Wisotzki wrapped up the scoring in the first quarter with a triple.

She opened the second with a layup, putting her side ahead 26-18, and added five points after that in the run, while Hart contributed five. Hart's long-range shot with 4:11 to go before halftime capped off the stretch, and made the score 41-24 for SFU.

Concordia cut its deficit to 34-24, but SFU ended the half on a 10-2 surge – with five Wisotzki points book-ended by a Klassen layup and a Hart three – to push the lead to 51-32.
 

The Eagles came out of the break with 11 points in a row to trail 51-43 just three minutes into the half. However, that was as close as they got Friday. 

Head coach Bruce Langford's squad replied immediately with nine-consecutive points, starting with a Wisotzki three. Then thanks to a pair of Hart steals, SFU got back-to-back-to-back layups from junior guard Emma Kramer and Klassen, who made the last two.

Wisotzki's layup with 2:39 left in the third quarter stretched SFU's lead to 20 (65-45) for the first time.

The team held a double-digit advantage through most of the fourth. The Eagles closed to nine points on three different occasions in the final 2:35. 

SFU shot 51.7 per cent from the field (30 of 58), and was even more impressive on three-point attempts (11 of 19, 57.9 per cent). Concordia was good on 45 per cent of its shots (27 of 60). 

The team will wrap up the Sea Lions Thanksgiving Classic Saturday at 1 p.m. against host Point Loma (Calif.). Great Northwest Athletic Conference play opens on Saturday, Dec. 4 at Western Washington.

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