Dec. 27, 2006

Johnson and Haag Combine for 40 as Lutes Top Cavaliers

Kyle Haag - scores career-high 17 points

Game Statistics

PORTLAND, Ore. - Nikki Johnson scored 23 points and Kyle Haag finished with a career-high 17 points to lead Pacific Lutheran to a 64-41 non-conference women's basketball victory over Concordia tonight in Cavalier Gymnasium.

With the victory, the Lutes improve their season record to 7-3. The Cavaliers, 4-11 for the season, were paced by Denise Benedict, who scored 16 points.

The Lutes scored the first seven points of the game and eventually built an early 11-point advantage, 14-3, with Haag hitting two of her five three-point field goals during the run. After that, the Lutes never led by less than seven points for the remainder of the game.

Johnson, a senior wing from Tenino, hit 9-of-15 shots from the field on the way to leading the Lutes in scoring for the eighth time in nine games this season. Haag, a junior wing from Tumwater, was 5-of-13 from three-point range, while Trinity Gibbons, a sophomore point guard from Riddle, Ore., finished with 10 assists.

Pacific Lutheran will back in action on Friday and Saturday when it hosts the PLU Classic. Games are scheduled for 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday and 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday.

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