(RV) Wolf Pack moves win streak to 15

NEW ORLEANS – The (RV) Loyola Wolf Pack women's basketball team had little drama on if they'll capture their 15th straight win on Thursday. The Wolf Pack dominated Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, 97-47, for another Southern States Athletic Conference win. Loyola is now 19-2 overall and 11-1 in SSAC play, and it'll host Thomas University (Ga.) in The Den at 12 p.m. on Saturday. 
 

SeQuoia Carroll kick-started Loyola's scoring with a 3, and Alissa O'Dell scored six quick points to put Loyola up 11-8 early. Caitlin Travis scored the next five points for Loyola, including a 3-pointer, and Tiarra McPipe drained another 3, 21-13, a minute later. Neither team scored in the final 90 seconds of the frame, as the Wolf Pack led by 10, 23-13, after 10 minutes of play. 
 

Loyola dominated the second quarter, outscoring ABAC 25-9 to take a 48-22 lead by halftime. The Wolf Pack spent nearly seven minutes of the quarter on a 15-3 run that saw six different Wolf Pack players score. Travis started that spree with an and-1, and Madi Walters hit a 3 quickly after that. Carroll, O'Dell and Chandler Caver also scored before Thornton converted an old-fashioned 3-point play to put the Pack up 20, 38-18, with two-minutes left in the first half. Thornton added five more points to extend the lead to 48-22 by the half. 
 

The Wolf Pack continued to roll in the second half, pushing the score to 73-35 by the end of the third quarter. O'Dell led Loyola with seven points in the frame, and Ava Shields got on the board as well with a 3-pointer. Taylor Smith, Tiana Smith, Addison Luker and Kaylee Dublin all scored in the fourth quarter to give the Pack 12 scorers in the game. 
 

Pack Facts

• This was Loyola's highest scoring game of the season, surpassing the 96 points scored against Mobile on Jan. 8. 

• The Wolf Pack had more points in the paint (48) than ABAC had overall (47), with the Pack also winning the rebounding battle 50-37. 

• Deniya Thornton was an efficient 7-for-9 in a game-high 17 points, adding two steals and a block in the first half.  

• Alissa O'Dell scored 16 points in just 21 minutes, adding six rebounds and four assists.

• Caitlin Travis led the game in assists with six while also scoring 14. 

• Loyola went 10-of-28 from three-point range, and eight different players made at least one triple. It's the second-most threes in any game this season for the team. 

• Off the bench, Ava Shields hit two threes and scored eight points, a new season high. 

• Chandler Caver went 2-for-3 from deep, adding three assists and three rebounds. 

• Taylor Smith also finished with eight points off the bench, marking her second-highest scoring game of the season. 

• Tiana Smith put in a productive nine minutes, contributing six points, five assists, two steals, a block, and an assist. 

• Kaylee Dublin tied for a team high with six assists, while also putting up two points, two steals, a block, and an assist. 

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