1/27/2024 Fulton, Mo–The Westminster College women's basketball team hosted the Blackburn College Beavers in the annual Coaches vs Cancer game. There was a great crowd on hand to watch Blue Jay basketball and support a great cause. The fans would not leave disappointed as the Blue Jays defeated the Beavers 111-43. Westminster improved to 10-9 on the season and 8-4 in the SLIAC. Blackburn falls to 2-16 on the season and 0-12 in the SLIAC.
The Blue Jays came out and set the tone early. They would hold the Beavers to just 6 points in the first quarter while scoring 22 themselves. They would lead the game from start to finish en route to the 111-43 win.
Westminster forced Blackburn to turn the ball over 27 times, and that resulted in 36 points on turnovers. The Blue Jays out-rebounded the Beavers 53-22, shot 63% from the field, 36% from behind the three-point arc, making 7 threes in the game and went 18-26 from the free throw line in what was a very one-sided contest.
Annette Ramirez led the Jays with 18 points and 4 steals. Avylina Powell-Qualo had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals. Aly Bullock on 11 points and 4 rebounds off the bench. Aleah Wilmsmeyer also had 9 points off the bench for the Jays.
Westminster will be back in action on Wednesday, January 31st when they travel to St. Louis, Mo to take on the Fontbonne University Griffins. The game is scheduled to begin at 5:30 pm.
