By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor
Junior guard Sydney Azorr put
up the first double-double of her collegiate career to snap a three-game losing skid.
Last week’s action opened with a loss to Central Washington in a game where the women’s basketball team never had the lead. The Saturday game against Northwest Nazarene opened in a similar fashion but in the fourth quarter the Wolves came back from a 14 point deficit.
The 78-75 victory over Northwest Nazarene saw four Western players put up double-digit points. Azorr led the high-scoring effort, racking up 17 points; Kennedy Corrigan contributed 14 points and Savannah Heugly and Jasmine Miller put up 12 and 10 points, respectively.
Azorr had 10 rebounds in addition to her goalscoring effort, keeping the Wolves in the game on the way to her double-double performance.
Northwest Nazarene picked up the lead in the first few seconds of the game. The Wolves played catch-up, often coming within striking distance of tying the game. But t
he lead stayed with Northwest Nazarene. At the end of the third, they had 12 points on the Wolves.
Then, two and a half minutes into the fourth and final quarter, the Wolves began to turn on the heat. A three-pointer from Azorr kicked off the scoring. She soon hit a second one, then sank a pair of free throws. She led the team as they reenergized.
With 1:44 left, Ali Nelke scored on a jump shot to give the Wolves the lead for the first time. Northwest Nazarene took the lead back briefly but after Azorr took a layup for two points the game stayed with the Wolves.
A jump shot basket and two good free throws from Kennedy Corrigan closed the game.
The team effort in the rally took the Wolves to a 7-10 record.
The short losing streak was broken in time for the Wolves to grab a win from their two week road trip. They return to Monmouth this week to host Western Washington and Simon Fraser.
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