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Defense keys rout of Cougars

ANCHORAGE (Dec. 3) - Rebecca Kielpinski posted a double-double and the Seawolf women's basketball team used a stifling defense to dominate Colorado Christian, 70-29, Saturday at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex.


UAA (4-2) also got 10 points apiece from Sarah Jones and April Olson as it held the visitors to a school-record six points in the first half. The 29 points allowed also tied the UAA record against a Division II opponent.


CCU (1-6) missed its first 26 shots from the floor, until Monica Chase's put-back bucket at 2:28 of the first half made the score 20-4. UAA led 27-6 at the break.


The Seawolves forced the Cougars into 20 turnovers and 9-of-46 shooting (19.6 percent) for the game, and outrebounded the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference team 47-15.

Kielpinski, a freshman center from Mandan, N.D., had her second double-double of the season with 18 points (8-12 FG) and 13 rebounds. She also had four of UAA's six blocks.


Jones, a freshman from Anchorage's Service High, scored in double figures for the second straight night, while Olson, a junior transfer, put up her UAA high-point total and swiped three steals.


After a slow first half, the Seawolf offense clicked in the second half as well as it has on the young season. UAA shot 18 of 27 from the field over the last 20 minutes, including 6 of 6 from three-point range.


The previous school record for points allowed in a half was nine (vs Lincoln Christian, 11/27/01; and vs Crown College, 11/18/95). For the game, the 29 points allowed equaled the best-ever defensive effort against another D-II squad (vs Alaska Fairbanks, 2/19/94).


The Seawolves are off next week for final exams before returning to the court Dec. 15 against District of Columbia. That game tips at 7 p.m. at the WFSC.

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