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January 4, 2007 Lacey, WA – Jamey Gelhar scored a game high 30 points for the Saints, 19 in the second half, but it wasn’t enough as the Saints fell to Western Washington University 88-78 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference opener for both schools. Saint Martin’s got off to a rough start in the first half as Western built their lead to 12 before the Saints scored their first two points on free throws by Gelhar. The Vikings maintained their decisive lead going up by as much as 21 twice, the last with just over four minutes left in the half. Saint Martin’s went into the break trailing by 14, 42-28. The Saints came out fighting to open the second half with an 11-4 run to pull within 7, 46-39 with 16:55 remaining. With just over 12 minutes to go the Saints cut Western’s lead to two on a jumper by Krissy Bassett. The Vikings hit five three-pointers over the next four minutes and got their lead to 10. The Saints never got closer then five the rest of the way. The Saints scored 31 point off of 28 Viking turnovers but got edged out on the boards 35-25. Gelhar was 8-of-13 from the floor, including 2-of-4 from three-point range, and made 12-of-13 free throws. Whitney Golob put up 16 points for the Saints going 8-8 from the line with six steals. Western Washington, ranked 23rd in the latest USA Today/ESPN Coaches Top 25, had five players in double figures including Liz McCarrell, Mollie Stelmack, Claire Pallansch, Sarah Schramm and Willow Cabe. The Saints get set to face Central Washington this Saturday, January 6th, in GNAC action at the SMU Pavilion at 5 p.m.
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