The Scots jumped out to a 7-3 lead to start the game, but the Wildcats remained composed. When Greta Schimnowski put in her second three of the game, it put the Wildcats up by a point. Mac answered with a bucket of their own, but St. Kate's finished the quarter with a 13-0 run to make the score 21-9. The second quarter started well for the Wildcats also, as shots continued to fall. After Bree Glynn hit a pair of free throws, St. Kate's led 36-13. But then Mac made some nice defensive stops and got hot on the other end of the court, putting together a 10-0 run to make it 36-23. The Wildcats regrouped, and when Greta Schimnowski finished the quarter with back-to-back threes, St Kate's took a 44-23 lead into the visitor's locker room at the half.
The second half started with seniors Sam Orth and Bree Glynn each scoring baskets from down low. A pair of Zezza free throws midway through the quarter made it 56-25. Maddie young scored 7 points in the last 3 minutes of the third, and an Anna Jordt layup gave the Wildcats a 70-35 lead at the quarter's end. The Scots' Peyton Starks showed why she is the conference's leading scorer, as she kept attacking the basket and converting; she finished the game with 25 points. But the three three-pointers that St. Kate's hit in the final quarter (they were 53% from distance for the game), were more than enough.
Next up, the Wildcats host Carleton at the Butler Center Wednesday night at 7 pm