WBB | Seilund Shines in Dominating Win Over Sacramento State

Friday, December 15

San Francisco

6 p.m. PST

University of San Francisco

4-5, 0-0

Sacramento State

2-7, 0-0

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Sacramento State	16	28	18	14	76
San Francisco	24	23	16	27	90

USF Dons Women's Basketball Anna Seilund

Photo by: Christina Leung

WBB | Seilund Shines in Dominating Win Over Sacramento State

12/15/2017 9:45:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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THE RUNDOWN
SAN FRANCISCO - The University of San Francisco women's basketball team made a statement Friday night with their gritty 90-76 win over Sacramento State at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center in front of a crowd of 2,231. With a rotation of essentially seven players, the Dons (4-5, 0-0) were able to take down the Hornets (2-7, 0-0) in a hard fought win.

Although much of the game the Dons had an advantage, the Hornets were able to rally back and switch leads well into the third quarter. It wasn't until the final frames when Ninni Salmi's three's began and Seilund continued her onslaught of points USF widened the gap and the visitors fell behind, having no answers for the senior from Denmark.

ICYMI:

Q4 3:02 | USF 82 - @sacstatewbb 71

Us: Anna Seilund has 34 points with time remaining @Sacstatewbb: pic.twitter.com/tfsMMeg8HM
— USF Dons WBB (@USFDonsWBB) December 16, 2017

GAME NOTES

Anna Seilund scored a career-high 34 points, including 11 in the first period and 18 in the first half. The senior shot 71.4 percent (10-for-14) from the field and 80.0 percent (four-for-five) from three-point range. She also dished a game-high eight assists.
This marked the second time in the Dons season where five Dons scored in double digits.
Three Dons added 12 points each, including Michaela Rakova, Kalyn Simon and Ninni Salmi.
Anna Pierce, the fifth Don to score 10-plus points, recorded 11.
Rakova earned her fourth double-double of the 2017-18 campaign with her 12 points, 12 rebounds. Of her 12 rebounds, 10 were defensive.
Rakova also registered four steals, a season high.
The Dons outscored the Hornets 27-14 in the final quarter.
Coach Goodenbour's squad was perfect from the line in two quarters, including the first going 5-for-5 and the fourth going 9-for-9.
USF held Sacramento State's key player to 11 points. She entered the contest averaging 25 or more points in each of Sacramento State's last three games. She was averaging 30.3 points per game in that stretch.

WHAT'S GOODenbour
On her team's performance:
"I'm pleased that we were able to get a win. It's always important to get wins on your home court. It was a tough week for being able to get quality practices in because of finals, graduation, and some injuries, but I thought the players focused well especially down the stretch and did enough things to allow us to win.

On Seilund's career-high 34 points:
"Anna played with poise and assertiveness for the majority of the game, a huge credit to her there. As our primary ball handler, she did a steady job of staying under control and confident over the course of the game. Anna is really a great shooter when she takes her time and it was nice to see her play the way she's capable of playing."

UP NEXT
The Dons have a quick turn around with a match up against Fresno State (4-5, 0-0) on Sunday. Tip against the Bulldogs is set for 2 p.m. at War Memorial. Plenty of time left to get tickets here!