LIBERTY, Mo. - The William Jewell women's basketball team wrapped up the 2022-2023 season on Saturday afternoon with a 98-72 loss to Truman State. The Cardinals conclude the year at 4-26 overall and 2-18 in the GLVC. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Both teams came out of the gates quickly as D'Aysa Collier-Williams and Mary Capron each opened with three point field goals, followed by another from Emree Zars to give Jewell a 9-7 lead. The Bulldogs were hot from the outside, hitting six three pointers in the opening quarter to lead 26-16 after 10 minutes. 
• Truman continued their hot start, scoring 33 points in the second period, with four more triples, to open up a 59-32 lead at the break. 
• The Cardinals slowly chipped away in the third quarter, outscoring Truman 28-20. Ayden Shannon and Bree Shannon combined to score the first 10 points of the half for Jewell before Kate Hillyer and Skyler Boylan took over. The pair combined for 16 points over the last five minutes of the third period to pull the Cardinals with 79-60. 
• Another three from Collier-Williams and a bucket from Zars cut the deficit to 16 with just over 6:30 to play but the Cardinals could get no closer.

KEY STATS

• Hillyer led the offense with 16 points on 5-of-9 from the floor and 3-of-6 from three. 
• Ayden Shannon added a dozen to go with three steals while Zars scored 11 points and pulled down nine rebounds. 
• Collier-Williams chipped in seven points and two assists while Capron added three points, two rebounds and a block in their final game as Cardinals. 

UP NEXT
The Cardinals will lose just two players to graduation as Capron and Collier-Williams completed their careers on Saturday.