OMAHA, Neb. — Sterling came away from the College of Saint Mary Classic with two wins starting with a 94-84 win over Langston on Friday, Nov. 6 and following it up with a 76-57 victory over William Penn on Saturday, Nov. 7.
In the Lady Warrior’s win over Langston, Sterling held a 49-36 rebounding advantage, including 20 offensive boards, and finished with 20 second-chance points.
Karlee Jacobs scored Sterling’s first eight points, opening with an Ashtyn Baker-assisted layup and adding 3-pointers at 8:15 pushing the Lady Warrior’s advantage to 8-2. After the Lions cut the margin to 8-6, Rori Miles hit a Jacobs-assisted 3-pointer, and Jamie Washam added a jumper and free throw to put Sterling up 14-7. For the Lions, Janiyah Tucker scored on consecutive possessions and Morgan Dow hit a 3-pointer to tie it 14-14, then Baker put Sterling back in front before Jazzlin Brown’s two free throws tied it again at 16-16. Washam scored again at 3:35, and the Lady Warriors closed the first quarter with 3-pointers from Thasanee Wilmeth and Nevaeh Johnson plus free throws from Jacobs and Wilmeth to take a 29-23 lead into the second quarter.
The Lions scored the first three baskets of the second quarter, with Kindle Rowe’s layup at 8:36 tying the game at 29. Arianna Corrado‘s two free throws put Sterling back ahead, and after Tucker tied it at 31, Miles, Jacobs and Bailey Young scored during a stretch that gave Sterling a 37-31 lead at 5:22. Langston came back with scoring from Brown and Tucker, whose layup put the Lions ahead 41-39, before Young hit a 3-pointer off a Kylie Rhine assist to give Sterling a 42-41 lead at 3:41. In a late 2:34 exchange, Trinity Espinoza put Sterling in front 45-44 with a jumper, but Rowe answered with a layup and Talia Vann added two free throws for the Lions before Young’s two free throws at :38 brought Sterling within 48-47, where the score stood at halftime.
Young opened up the second half with two free throws at 9:41 to put Sterling back in front 49-48, but Tucker scored the next two Lions baskets before Jacobs’ 3-pointer tied it at 52. Jacobs tied it again with a layup and Young put Sterling ahead 56-54, and the teams traded baskets before a pair of free throws from Jacobs and a Washam layup at 4:52 put Sterling up 64-59. The Lions narrowed the margin with Samia Smith 3-pointers at 3:57 and 2:57, while Sterling got Wilmeth’s 3-pointer at 3:42 and later free throws from Washam and Miles to lead 72-67 with 1:22 left. Alexandria Jefferson hit a 3-pointer and added a layup to tie it at 72 with :47 remaining, but Young made a free throw at :24 and Miles hit a jumper at the buzzer to give the Lady Warriors a 75-72 lead entering the fourth quarter.
Sterling opened the fourth quarter with layups by Nevaeh Johnson and Baker for a 79-72 advantage, but the Lions worked back behind baskets from Tucker and Brown. Washam’s two free throws made it 81-76 before Jefferson hit a 3-pointer at 5:11 and Brown scored after multiple Lions offensive rebounds to cut the Lady Warriors’ lead to 82-81. Young answered with a layup, Jacobs split free throws, Baker added two more at the line, and Young scored off a Miles assist to put Sterling back on top 89-81 at 2:13. Tucker hit a 3-pointer at 2:06, but Sterling followed with free throws from Young and Baker and held the Lions without another point, closing out a 94-84 win after Young’s final two free throws at :39.
Young finished with 22 points, 14 rebounds, two blocks, two assists and two steals. Jacobs scored 20 points, collected nine rebounds and tallied three steals while making three 3-pointers. Washam added 13 points and five rebounds, converting 7-9 free throws. Wilmeth recorded five assists and nine points, including two 3-pointers.
The Lady Warriors continued to dominate in the College of Saint Mary Classic with a 76-57 win over William Penn. Sterling used a 22-0 run from the second quarter into the third to turn a 31-25 deficit into a 47-31 lead and finished with a 43-33 rebounding advantage while scoring 36 points in the paint.
The Lady Warriors answered an early 2-2 tie with baskets from Baker and Johnson, including Johnson’s inside score and free throw that put Sterling ahead 9-2 at 6:46. The Statesmen worked back with two Reagan Pavesi free throws and a Laney Parker 3-pointer, while Young’s layup off a Washam assist kept the Lady Warriors in front 11-7. Chudear Mach and Amaya Terrell scored to tie it at 11-11, and Pavesi followed a steal with a layup that gave the Statesmen a 13-11 lead at 2:25. Sterling got free throws from Young and Jacobs late, but Aliya Wagamon and Pavesi each scored in the final 36 seconds to send the Statesmen into the second quarter ahead 17-13.
Jacobs turned two early steals into layups, the second pulling Sterling even at 17-17, and Wilmeth’s jumper off a Johnson assist gave the Lady Warriors a 19-18 lead at 8:28. William Penn moved back ahead behind Laney Parker, who hit a 3-pointer at 6:53, converted a steal into a layup at 4:23 and added another 3-pointer at 3:32 to put the visitors in front 31-25. Sterling answered with the closing stretch of the quarter, starting with a Jacobs layup before Washam steals set up back-to-back Kylie Rhine baskets, including the jumper that tied it 31-31 at 2:21. Jacobs put the Lady Warriors ahead with two free throws at 1:53, Rhine added a 3-pointer at 0:40 after a Washam offensive rebound, and Jacobs scored again at 0:02 to send Sterling into halftime ahead 39-31.
The Lady Warriors opened the third quarter with four straight made baskets, as Young scored twice around a Baker layup and a Miles jumper to build a 47-31 lead at 7:30. Pavesi hit a 3-pointer for the Statesmen, Young came back with a jumper, and Terrell and Mach added baskets around a Washam free throw to leave Sterling ahead 50-38 at 4:17. From there, the Lady Warriors held the Statesmen scoreless while Rhine converted after a Wilmeth steal, Johnson scored off an offensive rebound and Washam made two free throws to send Sterling into the fourth quarter up 56-38.
Johnson started Sterling’s fourth-quarter scoring with a jumper off an assist from Trinity Espinoza at 9:43 for a 58-38 lead, and after Aliya Wagamon scored four points for the Statesmen, Rhine added a 3-pointer and a free throw to make it 62-42. The Statesmen got layups from Pavesi and Mach at 6:34 to cut the margin to 62-46, but Washam and Young scored on Sterling’s next two baskets, and Washam and Baker later added layups around Terrell’s 3-pointer to move the score to 70-49. Young converted after an offensive rebound, Miles scored off an assist from Jacobs, and Jacobs added a layup off an assist from Baker as the Lady Warriors pushed the lead to 76-51 with 3:18 left. The Statesmen added late points from Parker and Mach, but Sterling finished off the 76-57 win.
Jacobs scored a team-high 14 points and added eight rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block. Young finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Washam recorded 13 points and seven rebounds while converting 5 of 6 free throws. Rhine added 13 points, two 3-pointers and two steals.
Up next, the the Lady Warriors open up conference play as they travel to Wichita, Kan., to face Friends University on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, at 5 p.m.
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