Box Score
St. Catherine turned a deadlock midway through the second half with solid defensive play and went on to beat Macalester 49-43 at the Leonard Center.  The Wildcats, who out-scored the Scots 14-8 down the stretch, improve to 4-19 overall, 3-17 in the MIAC.  The Scots, meanwhile, drop to 3-20 overall and 2-18 in MIAC play.

Veronika Jakubovie (Sr., Maple Grove, Minn.) had 12 points and 15 rebounds for Macalester. Carmen Whitehead (Sr., Greeley, Colo. / West) scored 13 points and dished out five assists.  Emma Leyden (Sr., Berkeley, Calif. / Head-Royce) also reached double digits for Mac, finishing her game with 10 points.  Jakubovie blocked a couple shots and Katelyn Kack (So., Minneota, Minn.) had three steals.

Macalester led 24-18 in points in the paint, but trailed 23-2 in three throws tried.

LaShay Holt finished with 28 points and nine rebounds to lead St. Catherine.  Kennedy Jennings pulled down 10 rebounds and collected three steals.

The Scots have two games left to play this season: Wednesday (Feb. 19) at home against St. Olaf and next Saturday (Feb. 22) at Carleton.

_{Photo above: Carmen Whitehead (left) has led the team in scoring in three of Mac's last four games.}