UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley State University women's basketball program hosted Roosevelt Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals (10-8, 4-6 GLIAC) defeated the Lakers (5-10, 3-6 GLIAC) with a final score 80-64.

Meijer Player of the Game, Lydia Meredith, recorded a double-double with 12 rebounds and 10 points and had six assists as well. Megan McCalla led the game with 24 points, becoming the leading scorer in the GLIAC. Saniaa Walker and Aleshia Jones both had 16 points as well with Jones totaling eight rebounds. As a team, SVSU shot 50.0% from the floor and out rebounded RU 48-32.

Walker started with a 6-0 all on her own as the Cardinals never trailed in the contest. McCalla added two buckets putting SVSU up 10-0 before the first Laker points. Saginaw Valley extended the lead late in the first with an 8-2 run to make it 29-17 after the first quarter. Threes from Walker and Meredith kept the lead at double-digits in the second and Walker laid in the final bucket of the half to give the Cardinals an eight-point lead at the half, up 44-36.

A 10-0 run during the third quarter was powered by four points from both McCalla and Maggie Keinsley and pushed the SVSU lead to 56-41. The three-point shooting of Roosevelt cut into the lead and made it a seven-point game late in the quarter before Jones hit a pair of free throws and a layup by Walker beat the buzzer to make it 64-53. Jones and Meredith got early buckets in the fourth to push the lead to 15. Free throws down the stretch kept the game out of reach for the Lakers as the Cardinals get a much-needed GLIAC victory.

Up Next: Saginaw Valley women's basketball heads back on the road to face Parkside on Thursday, January 30. Tip-off is set for 6:30 PM EST from De Simone Arena in Kenosha, Wisconsin.