Box Score

BETHANY, Okla. — In a game that was about as smooth as the Rocky Mountains, Southern Nazarene picked up its fourth straight win with a 73-50 victory over St. Gregory's, Thursday night inside the Sawyer Center.

Logan Martin scored a game-high 24 points for the Crimson Storm (16-4, 10-2 SAC), just three points short of her season high. The junior went 9-for-12 from the field and tied a career-high with six 3-pointers, missing just one attempt the entire night. She also dished out six assists.

Abbey Marra nearly had another double-double with 15 points and nine rebounds as she went 6-for-12 from the floor. Sharmeda Johnson also scored 12 and pulled down eight boards on the night. Ashley Mantooth added seven points and six boards.

SNU hit 50.9 percent (29-57) from the field and were 7-for-19 from downtown. The Storm also hit 8-for-11 from the charity stripe.

The Storm held the Lady Cavaliers (5-15, 1-12 SAC) to just 37 percent from the field and 21.1 percent from beyond the arc. The Storm more than doubled SGU's point in the paint at 36-14 out rebounded St. Gregory's 40-23.

SNU trailed just once the entire game and that was at 2-0, but after back-to-back buckets by Marra, the Storm didn't fall behind the rest of the game. Southern Nazarene started gaining some distance midway through the first half when Mantooth sparked a 15-5 run that was capped by a Johnson layup as SNU led 36-19 with 2:45 remaining in the first. The Lady Cavaliers hit three straight free throws to end the half as SNU took a 36-22 lead into the locker room.

SGU closed it to six with an 11-3 run to start the second half and trailed 41-35 with 15:23 left to play before the Storm opened the lead back up with a 14-4 run to put them back up 55-39. SNU took its biggest lead of the game with 2:54 to play when Oumoul Thiam sank a pair of free throws to put the Storm up 69-45 with 2:54 left.

The Crimson Storm will now travel to Oklahoma Baptist for a 6 p.m. SAC game Saturday.