RECAP BY: Ethan Hunt

(Halifax, NS) - The Saint Mary's Huskies buried the Dalhousie Tigers 84-73 on Saturday night at the Dalplex in Halifax, NS.

Courtney Donaldson (Kelowna, BC) sank the first shot of the day with a corner three, which started a Saint Mary's 7-0 run before Kaitlyn Ferrier's (Calgary, AB) layup ended the streak. 

Dalhousie stormed back to make it 11-8, but Alaina McMillan's (Brantford, ON) midrange bucket, and a layup by Marlo Steenbakkers' (Ottawa, ON) brought the lead back up to seven.

The Huskies held their seven point lead to make it 17-10, but with three minutes left in the quarter Ferrier drove into the paint, sank the bucket, and was fouled in the process.

Sydney Guker-Wickie (Kitchner, ON) added a three point shot to narrow the lead to one, and with a Huskies' turnover, the Tigers set themselves up to take the lead.

The experienced Saint Mary's squad did not let this happen as Aki Kobayashi (Osaka, Japan) stole the inbound and McMillan drained a three pointer to end the quarter up 20-16.

Saint Mary's took momentum, when with a two point lead, McMillan silenced the crowd by swishing a three, made a technical foul shot, and followed that up with another three point make to force a Dalhousie timeout.

Out of the timeout, MacMillan's stifling defence forced a jump ball, but it was not enough as Guker-Wickie's layup beat the shot clock buzzer.

Ferrier made an acrobatic midrange shot to do her best to keep the Saint Mary's lead below double digits, but Donaldson found Lucina Beaumont (Fredericton, NB) for a long two to wipe away the Tigers' effort.

MacMillan scored an acrobatic scoop layup to bring the lead up to 49-29, followed that up with a steal, and found Beaumont for a fast break layup. 

Saint Mary's exited the court with a 55-31 lead.

The teams went scoreless for the first minute and a half of the new quarter until Donaldson's three continued the scoring onslaught for the Huskies.

Guker-Wickie's strip block and three point make brought the lead back to 61-39, but Aliyah Fraser (New Glasgow, NS) found an open Chole Wilson (Dartmouth, NS) who scooped in the layup to restore Saint Mary's lead.

Dalhousie looked to build momentum, and Matic's steal led to a Eva Widmeyer (Dartmouth, NS) fast break layup. 

By the end of the third quarter Saint Mary's had amassed a 70-48 lead.

The Huskies continued to put on the points when Katelyn Power (Bayside, NS) intercepted the pass, and then found a streaking MacMillan for another layup.

Dalhousie did their best to comeback with Sarah Valley (Regina SK) making a three pointer, and then Ferrier banking in a layup plus the foul, but she missed the free throw.

When the final buzzer rang the Huskies were off with a 84-73 win.

MacMillan took home player of the game for her 27 points.

The Tigers will look to get into the win column next Friday on the road against UNB. Saint Mary's will also travel to UNB next on Saturday.

PHOTOS BY: Milana Paddock