ST. PAUL, Minn. - St. Catherine moves up in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) standings with a 67-60 win over the St. Olaf Oles on Saturday afternoon. St. Catherine is now 4-4 overall and 2-1 in the MIAC.
Junior
Danica Cambrice led the Wildcats in their final home game of 2018 with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals over the visiting Oles. This is Cambrice's second consecutive 25 point game averaging 21 points per game this year.
The Oles challenged the Wildcats throughout the entire contest down by just one point after the first quarter and outscoring them 17-13 in the second quarter for the 32-27 lead at the half.
Coming out of the half, St. Olaf picked up the momentum and was able to tie the game near the 6 minute mark of the third quarter. First-year
Sam Orth had the game winning basket with 4:17 in the third to get St. Kate's back on top. The Wildcats have not trailed an opponent for 80 full minutes of play.
Behind Cambrice in the victory was junior
Jackie Radford collecting 12 points and 6 rebounds and first-year
Katie Benjamin having a season-best 10 points and 4 rebound game.
St. Kate's travels to Augsburg University in Minneapolis on Wednesday at 7 pm for their final conference game of 2018.