Women's Basketball
3/1/2008 - Nault’s 32 Cannot Slow Warriors
Santa Barbara, CA- On Saturday, the Royals lost on the road at Westmont 77-61. Senior Jasmine Nault poured in a game high 32 points- her 7th 30+ point total of the season. Due to a Biola loss, the Royals have cemented the 7th spot in the GSAC and will play Vanguard in the GSAC postseason tournament.
Nault pulled down a team high 7 rebounds to along with her 32 points.
No other Royal finished in double figures- though Freshman Brittany Philbrook finished with 8 points.
Four Warriors finished in double figures lead by 16 points from Jessica Case.
The loss dropped the Royals’ record to 17-14 overall and 8-11 in the GSAC. With the win, the Warriors improved 20-7 and 12-7 in GSAC play.
With one regular season game left to play, the Royals sit one game behind Cal Baptist for the sixth spot. However, Cal Baptist won both regular season games against the Royals so they own the tie breaker.
At the top, Vanguard sits one game behind first place Point Loma but the Sea Lions swept the season series so they also own the tie breaker.
The Royals will travel to Vanguard on Wednesday, March 5th, to square off against the Lions in the first round of the GSAC tournament. Tip-off time for all Women’s GSAC Tournament games is 7:30 pm.
Oddly enough, the Royals will host Vanguard on Monday, March 3rd, to close out the regular season. Tip off for senior night will be at 5:30 pm. The four Hope seniors- Jasmine Nault, Cynthia Hernandez, Allison Wulff, and Paula Reed- will be playing for the final time inside the Darling Pavilion.