Senior forward Zoë Unruh scored a game-high 21 points and ignited a 19-5 run late in the second half as the No. 1 Washington U. women’s basketball team posted a 84-74 victory at Division I Southern Illinois-Carbondale in an exhibition game on Saturday night at SIU Arena in Carbondale, Ill.

Unruh, who was limited to five points in the first half, scored 16 points in the second half on 6-of-11 shooting from the field with four three-pointers. Junior guard Alex Hoover added 18 points and four assists on 11-of-12 shooting from the foul line, while her younger sister Dani Hoover added 12 second-half points.

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The Bears shot 59.3 percent (16-for-27) from the field in the second half, while connecting on five of eight from three-point range. For the game, Washington U. shot 47.5 percent (28-for-59) from the field and hit 20 of 25 from the foul line. Full story.

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