PARKVILLE, Mo. – Skylar Washington connected on 5 of the 6 made 3-pointers on Saturday afternoon by the Raven Women's Basketball team while Benedictine scored their second-high point total in the paint in Heart against Park University.
Benedictine scored 40 points in the paint en route to an 83-70 win over the Pirates to close out conference play and earn their 20th win of the season.
The Ravens finished the day shooting 58.2 percent from the floor, which included a 63 percent effort in the second half, to set a new season-high in the regular-season finale.
Benedictine opened the game on a 10-0 run sparked by Ali Brzozowski and Natalie Smaron. The post duo finished the game with a combined 33 points as Smaron scored 20 with Brzozowski adding 13. Benedictine finished with a 40-26 advantage in points in the paint, just missing their conference-high of 42.
By halftime, the Ravens lead stood at 40-28. The Pirates did manage to outscore the Ravens in the fourth quarter but it was too little, too late as the Ravens closed out the regular season with their third straight win and a regular-season sweep over Park.
Washington finished with a game-high 22 points to go along with the double-figure efforts of Smaron and Brzozowski.
Benedictine finishes the season as the No. 3 team in the Heart South standings and will match up with the No. 2 seed from the Heart North in next week's Heart Postseason Tournament. The Heart Tournament Quarterfinals are scheduled for Feb. 24 on campus sites throughout the Heart with the higher-seeded teams in the 8-team bracket earning the host bid. Information regarding the Heart Tournament will be posted on ravenathletics.com as soon as it is made available by the Heart later today.
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