{"id":109013,"date":"2026-01-15T04:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/womens-basketball-scots-finish-strong-in-loss-to-saints-macalester-college-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T04:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T04:09:00","slug":"womens-basketball-scots-finish-strong-in-loss-to-saints-macalester-college-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/womens-basketball-scots-finish-strong-in-loss-to-saints-macalester-college-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Basketball: Scots Finish Strong in Loss to Saints &#8211; Macalester College Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-text-aside\" aria-label=\"Related Sport Links\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game hide-on-small-down\">\n<div class=\"postgame_1-2_nextgame\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-logo\">\n                \n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent\">\n<h2>Next Game:<\/h2>\n<p>at Gustavus Adolphus College<\/p>\n<p>1\/17\/2026 | 1:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postgame_3_nextgame\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-primary\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Jan. 17 (Sat) \/ 1:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/athletics.macalester.edu\/images\/logos\/Gustavus-Adolphus.png\" alt=\"Gustavus Adolphus College\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        <span class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-text--atVs\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span>Gustavus Adolphus College<\/span>&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/athletics.macalester.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/opponent-history\/gustavus-adolphus-college\/7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History <span class=\"sidearm-icon sf-play-by-play-alt-minimal\"\/><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>     &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p>                    DULUTH, Minn. \u2013 The Macalester College women&#8217;s basketball team fell to the College of Saint Scholastica, 62-48 in a MIAC road game Wednesday night in Reif Gymnasium. The Scots, who outscored the Saints in the second half, are now 1-12 overall and 0-7 in the conference, while the Saints improve to 10-4, 5-2 MIAC.<\/p>\n<p>St. Scholastica opened the game with a 17-6 run before senior forward <b><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.macalester.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/ellie-corbett\/13610\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13610\" target=\"_blank\">Ellie Corbett<\/a><\/dfn><\/b> (Austin, Texas\/James Bowie) made a three-pointer to make the score 17-9 with 1:40 left in the first quarter. First year guard <b><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.macalester.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/megan-matthews\/13850\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13850\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Matthews<\/a><\/dfn><\/b> (Boulder, Colo.\/Boulder) answered a Saints&#8217; basket with a three, as the hosts took a 19-12 lead after one quarter. Matthews started the second quarter with another three-pointer to bring the Scots to within four, 19-15. But an 11-1 run extended the St. Scholastica lead to 14, 30-16 at the 5:44 mark. With the lead still 14, 34-20 with four minutes left in the half, the Saints tallied five of the last seven points for a 39-22 halftime advantage.<\/p>\n<p>St. Scholastica shot 50.0 percent from the field in the first half while holding Macalester to 19.0 percent. The Scots crashed the glass for 16 offensive rebounds and scored 10 second-chance points.<\/p>\n<p>In the third quarter, the Saints pushed their lead up to 20, 44-24, before Macalester reeled off a 9-2 run that included another three from Corbett and baskets by Matthews, sophomore guard <b><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.macalester.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/emma-karlin\/13614\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13614\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Karlin<\/a><\/dfn><\/b> (Rockville, Md.\/Richard Montgomery) and junior guard <b><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.macalester.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/mary-daley\/13611\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13611\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Daley<\/a><\/dfn><\/b> (Cumberland, R.I.\/Bishop Feehan) that made the score 46-33 with 5:40 left in the period. Each team made a pair of threes to close out the quarter, with first year guard <b><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.macalester.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/faith-accardo\/13851\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13851\" target=\"_blank\">Faith Accardo<\/a><\/dfn><\/b> (Thousand Oaks, Calif.\/Oaks Christian) making both of Macalester&#8217;s shots from deep to keep the difference at 13, 52-39 heading into the final quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Evie Schmitz hit her fifth three of the game to open the fourth quarter. The lead was 17 when junior guard <b><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.macalester.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/sydnee-smith\/13618\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13618\" target=\"_blank\">Sydnee Smith<\/a><\/dfn><\/b> (Gainesville, Va.\/Patriot) converted a conventional three-point play and Accardo scored to bring the Scots to within 12, 58-46 with 3:32 remaining. That&#8217;s as close as Macalester would get, as St. Scholastica closed out the 62-48 win. The Scots ended up with a 50-38 rebounding advantage while committing a season-low 11 turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>Corbett finished with a season-best 10 points to go with three rebounds and two steals. Smith contributed nine points, five boards and two steals, while Matthews had eight points and seven boards. Sophomore forward <b><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.macalester.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/cady-davis\/13612\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"13612\" target=\"_blank\">Cady Davis<\/a><\/dfn><\/b> (Minneapolis, Minn.\/Roosevelt) led all players with a career-high 15 rebounds, including eight on the offensive glass. Schmitz scored 22 points to lead the Saints.<\/p>\n<p>The Scots travel to St. Peter, Minn., to play Gustavus on Saturday, Jan. 17. The MIAC contest begins at 1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.macalester.edu\/news\/2026\/1\/14\/womens-basketball-womens-basketball-scots-finish-strong-in-loss-to-saints.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Gustavus Adolphus College 1\/17\/2026 | 1:00 PM &#13; Jan. 17 (Sat) \/ 1:00 PM&#13; &#13; at\u00a0Gustavus Adolphus College&#13; History &#13; DULUTH, Minn. \u2013 The Macalester College women&#8217;s basketball team fell to the College of Saint Scholastica, 62-48 in a MIAC road game Wednesday night in Reif Gymnasium. The Scots, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}