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Oumoul Thiam and Logan Martin fueled SNU to its third straight conference win

Thiam leads the team in scoring at 13.6 points a game.

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CHICKASHA, Okla. — Finishing the game didn't always come to fruition for Southern Nazarene last year, but just three games into the Sooner Athletic Conference season, the 16th-ranked Crimson Storm have finished off their opponents late. For the second straight time away from the Sawyer Center, SNU picked up a win with an 81-68 win over Science and Arts of Oklahoma.

Oumoul Thiam led the way for the Crimson Storm (7-1, 3-0 SAC) as she ripped her second 20-point game this year with exactly 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the floor and 2-for-3 from the outside. Logan Martin scored in double figures with 19 points. Both Thiam and Martin pulled down four rebounds.

Abbey Marra notched her fifth double-double of the year with 13 points and 10 rebounds. She also added a pair of blocks. Sharmeda Johnson also chipped in with nine points and seven boards.

The Storm held the Drovers (5-4, 1-2 SAC) to just 21-for-60 shooting from the floor and out rebounded USAO by 12, 47-35. The Storm hit 47.4 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from 3-point range.

The Crimson Storm hit 54.8 percent (17-31) in the first half and were 3-for-5 from beyond the arc. The Storm broke the game open at the 13:03 mark when Thiam ripped a trey to spark a 14-3 run to take a 29-17 lead midway through the first half. USAO cut it to single digits several times and closed the game to 35-27 with 5:43 left. SNU answered though with a 10-2 run to close out the half with a 45-29 lead.

The Crimson Storm opened the second half with a 6-1 run to take their biggest lead of the game at 51-30 before the Drovers cut the lead down to 55-47 with 10:56 left to play. Marra answered back with five straight points the Storm to make it 60-47, but USAO went on a 9-2 run to cut it to 62-56 with 6:26 remaining. A big trey by Martin and three straight free throws looked to put the game away with just over four minutes to play, but the Drovers again got within six at 71-65 with less than two minutes to play.

Thiam then buried a trey with 1:39 left before Martin hit seven of her last eight free throws to put the game on ice.

The Crimson Storm now take a break away from conference action and will play at Southwestern Christian, Friday, at 6 p.m.

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