Utah Tech University Athletics

Women's Basketball 12/7/2013 9:03:00 PM Jeff Cluff, Coordinator of Media Relations

Holmstead's 42 leads Red Storm to Win Over Fresno Pacific

Box Score FRESNO, Calif. -- Setting a school record for points in a game with 42 points, senior guard Haley Holmstead (American Fork, UT/American Fork) led the Dixie State University women's basketball team to a 86-84 Pacific West Conference victory over Fresno Pacific University on Saturday afternoon in the FPU Events Center in Fresno.

Holmstead (14-21) scored her most important basket of the game with just 10 seconds left in the game that gave DSU (2-5/1-1 PWC) the couragous hard fought victory over Fresno Pacific (0-7/0-1 PWC).

The Red Storm trailed at intermission by five points, allowing three first half three-pointers to help the Sunbirds take the 46-41 lead.

In the second half FPU added a basket and a free throw to take its largest lead of the game at 49-41 with 18:53 remaining.

Brianna White (Phoenix, AZ/Tolleson Union) found the net for three of her 20 points to cut into the Sunbird lead and send the Red Storm on an 8-2 lead.

FPU maintained their lead over the next thirteen minutes before a Holmstead jumper with 7:18 gave DSU the lead for good.

Off the bench Red Strom center Haleigh Emerine scored a career-high 12 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for her first double double of the season. The 16 rebounds were a Red Storm high for the season that helped them outrebound FPU 44-39.

DSU shot 43.7 percent from the field to 45.5 percent for the Sunbirds.

After spending the first five weeks and six games on the road, Dixie State has their home opener in a Saturday afternoon matinee that will start at 1:00 pm on Saturday versus Point Loma.

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