Emmerson leads Huskies past Ottawa Gee-Gees

Dalyce Emmerson (right) had 25 points and 17 rebounds for the Huskies. (CIS)

FREDERICTON — Dalyce Emmerson had 25 points and 17 rebounds to lead the second-ranked Saskatchewan Huskies past the No. 7 Ottawa Gee-Gees 73-62 on Thursday at the Canadian university women’s basketball tournament.

Emmerson was 7-of-9 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to help Saskatchewan cement the win. The double-double was her third of the post-season.

"We have a lot of experience on our team this year, a lot of us have been to national championships," said Emmerson, a fifth-year player. "We just had to settle in on defence.

"Once we made some adjustments down there we were able to pull away on the offensive end."

Desarae Hogberg added 14 points for Saskatchewan while Sabine Dukate and Kelsey Trulsrud both had 11 points.

Kellie Ring led Ottawa with 19 points and eight rebounds.

In other action, the Saint Mary’s Huskies edged the Alberta Pandas 53-52 and McGill beat UNB 58-52.

Ryerson and Regina met in a late game.

Elle Hendershot had 12 points and 16 rebounds to lead St. Mary’s to its win. The third-ranked Huskies outscored Alberta 37-25 in the second half to erase an 11-point half-time deficit.

Maddie Rogers had a game-high 16 points for No. 6 Alberta.

Mariam Sylla had 12 points and nine rebounds off the bench for McGill, which entered the tournament as the top seed.

Grace Wade led the UNB with 15 points and six assists.

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