LIBERTY, MO. – Senior Alex LaPorta recorded 15 points, including the 1,000^th of her career, as the University of Missouri-St. Louis women's basketball team rolled past host William Jewell, 86-58, Sunday afternoon in Great Lakes Valley Conference action.
 
LaPorta becomes the 16^th player in program history to accomplish the feat and now has 1,005 career points. She also finished with eight rebounds and six assists.
 
UMSL, playing for the first time following a 13-day layoff for the holidays, picked up its third straight win behind a season-high 55.7 shooting percentage. The Tritons had 10 different players score, including seven that put up eight or more points.
 
The 28-point GLVC road victory is the largest under head coach Katie Vaughn in her nine seasons at UMSL and is the program's largest GLVC road win since an 81-47 victory at Saint Joseph's on Dec. 1, 2007.
 
RECORDS
UMSL (4-2, 4-2 GLVC), William Jewell (3-4, 3-4 GLVC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UMSL shot 52.8 percent in the first half, owning leads of 27-12 after the first quarter and 47-25 at the half.
 
The Tritons connected at a 75 percent (9-of-12) in the third quarter and took a 67-44 lead into the final 10 minutes.
 
UMSL limited the Cardinals to 36 percent shooting and held a 41-22 rebounding advantage, including a 12-6 edge on the offensive end. The Tritons outscored William Jewell, 18-3, in second chance points and took advantage of 17 Cardinal turnovers, with a 19-10 advantage in points off turnovers.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Freshman Taylor Thompson came off the bench to score 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting in just 13 minutes, while also grabbing six rebounds.
• Sophomore Breanna Diestelkamp added 13 points.
• Junior Kiara Stewart also pulled down eight rebounds, while senior Danielle Berry added six assists.

 
UP NEXT
UMSL was scheduled to play at Rockhurst on Tuesday, but due to COVID-19 protocols within the Hawks' program, the Tritons will now travel to Lewis on Tuesday at 3 p.m. That game is being moved up from Jan. 14 scheduled date.