Whitman WCWBBAL 20-1, 12-0 NWC

Linfield LIN-W 1-18, 1-10 NWC

Whitman WCWBBAL

20-1, 12-0 NWC

Final

Feb. 05, 2022

Linfield LIN-W

1-18, 1-10 NWC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Whitman WCWBBAL	21	14	21	26	82
Linfield LIN-W	8	16	8	13	45

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 2/5/2022 7:33:00 PM

No. 6 Women's Basketball Dismantles Linfield

McMINNVILLE, Ore. - Kaylie McCracken delivered game highs of 21 points and eight rebounds in only 21 minutes to lead the No. 6 Whitman College women's basketball team to a dominant 82-45 win over Linfield in Northwest Conference action on Saturday night.

The win gives Whitman (20-1, 12-0 NWC) its fifth straight 20-win season in which at least 20 games were played. Whitman cashed 18 Wildcat turnovers in for 30 points and was plus-12 in points in the paint. Kaelan Shamseldin added 12 points, and Elena McHargue and Kalia Coverson chipped in 11 and 10 points, respectively, off the bench.

Alexis Heald led the Linfield effort with nine points and seven rebounds.

Whitman set the tone for the blowout early in the first quarter, running off 12 unanswered points to lead 14-2 with 3:37 to play. Shamseldin nailed a pair of three pointers in the run. Shaira Young's layup extended the lead to 15 points and the Blues led 21-8 after one quarter.

Back-to-back jumpers from Sydney Abbott early in the second quarter pushed the lead to 15 points and, later, the Blues went up by 20 points after a McHargue layup and a Shamseldin three pointer with 4:30 to play.

Linfield made a game of it before halftime however, regrouping for an 11-2 half-closing run. Maggie Smith drilled a three pointer then hit a jumper just before time expired to put Linfield's halftime deficit at a manageable 11 points.

Whitman took over the game after the midway point of the third quarter en route to putting 47 points up on the scoreboard in the second half. Gillyan Landis scored at the hoop to cut the lead to single digits, but the Blues unleashed a 17-2 run over the final 6:19 to take a 54-32 lead into the fourth quarter.

The Blues play their final regular season road games next weekend when they visit Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran.

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