A meeting between two hot teams on a snowy Thursday night ended with the UAA women basketball team extending its winning streak while snapping Western Washington's. Inside domination combined with their usual feisty defense carried the Seawolves to their fifth straight win, a 71-58 victory that cooled off Western Washington, which saw its five-game winning streak end. The win gives UAA sole possession of first place in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. UAA and Seattle Pacific shared the lead coming into the night, but Western Oregon knocked off the Falcons 67-62. UAA junior Megan Mullings owned the paint, scoring a career-high 22 points on 9 of 12 shooting, with all of her points coming from inside, many of them uncontested. UAA scored 50 points inside the paint, with 16 points coming off offensive rebounds. Among the Seawolves who flourished inside were 6-foot KeKe Wright with 11 points and 5-9 Sierra Afoa with eight. A trapping, pressing defense resulted in 13 steals for the Seawolves (17-1 overall, 7-1 GNAC) and 22 turnovers for the Vikings (11-6, 5-3). Though guard Jenni White racked up 19 points on 7 of 15 shooting, Western Washington guard Taylor Peacock was held to six points, eight below her average, and the Vikings as a team shot 36.1 percent.
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