FAIRBANKS – Jessica &
Sophia Wisotzki combined for 46-points and SFU Women's Basketball staged an epic third quarter surge for a road win over Alaska, 80-74, snapping a four-game losing streak Saturday at the Patty Center.
Jessica Wisotzki scored 26-points on 8-of-25 shooting and
Sophia Wisotzki added 20-points on 7-of-13 shooting. The sisters were a combined 5-of-16 on threes and 11-of-12 from the line. They grabbed 13 rebounds, dished our seven assists and had seven steals.
But it was forward
Gemma Cutler who led the third quarter offensive output. She scored six of SFU's 27-points in the period while the Red Leafs held the Nanooks to 10 points. The third quarter performance featured the Red Leafs connecting on 8-of-18 shots, hitting 4-of-7 threes and going 7-of-9 at the line in 10 minutes.
With the third quarter performance, SFU turned a 1-point halftime deficit into a 16-point lead.
Cutler scored again to open the fourth quarter for an 18-point lead, 67-49. Alaska cut the lead to three over the next six minutes with a 21-6 run, and trailed 73-70 with 3:20 remaining. But
Sophia Wisotzki scored four straight points and
Makenna Gardner hit a big three to take back control and secure the win.
Mckenna Gardner
SFU improved to 7-8 overall and 5-6 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. It's pushing for one of the top six spots in the conference to earn a GNAC Championship tournament berth.
SFU returns home for the Whiteout t-shirt giveaway against Central Washington (15-4, 7-3 GNAC) on Thursday Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. Fans are encouraged to wear white and be loud in the West Gym. Tickets can be purchased
here. The Red Leafs also play an afternoon game on Saturday, Feb. 4 against Northwest Nazarene (8-10, 4-6 GNAC). It's a 1 p.m. tipoff.
For the second straight game SFU connected on 10-of-29 (34.5%) threes against Alaska. The Red Leafs were also 14-of-19 (73.7%) at the free throw line. SFU scored 34-points off 24 Alaska turnovers.
The Nanooks shot 5-of-21 on threes (23.8%) and got 29-points from its bench. Emma Wass led three Nanooks in double figures with 15-pimts.
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