SALEM, Ore. – Junior Holly Golenor registered her second straight double-double, as Corban's women's basketball team completed a Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) season sweep of Multnomah University with a 54-48 victory Tuesday night on Jim Skagen Court.

With the win, Corban improves to 7-4 overall and evens its CCC record at 4-4. Meanwhile, Multnomah falls to 0-15 overall and 0-8 in conference contests.

Despite registering its lowest scoring output of the season, the Navy and Gold was led by Golenor with 16 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Senior Gracie McCoy and sophomore Halle Wright also scored in double figures with 10 points each.

On the boards, Golenor was aided by junior Shaelie Burgess with 12 rebounds to go along with eight points. Coming off a career-high scoring night 24 hours earlier, junior Karlie Gerlinger chipped in with three points, two rebounds, and a team-leading three assists.

After Multnomah jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the opening three minutes of the game, the visiting Warriors put together a 13-4 run over a span of nearly six minutes. Wright gave Corban a 13-8 lead on a free throw with just under two minutes left in the first quarter. Over the final two minutes, the Navy and Gold increased their lead to six points (17-11) when freshman Shielteal Watah knocked down a jumper to close out the scoring in the first period.

Over the opening five minutes of the second quarter, Corban pushed its lead to eight points (21-13) on a McCoy basket at the 5:50 mark. Multnomah answered by scoring seven unanswered points over a two-minute span pulling within a single point (21-20) on a Maddie Hill three-pointer with 3:47 on the clock. The Navy and Gold answered with a 4-0 run of their own to pull in front 25-20 before the host Lions closed the first half on a 4-0 of their own trailing by a single point (25-24) heading into halftime.

Corban started the second half on a 7-2 run to pull in front by six points (32-26) on a Golenor rebound and put back with 6:29 remaining in the third quarter. The Navy and Gold held two more six-point leads over the next three minutes with the final one coming at the 3:41 mark, as the visiting Warriors took advantage of back-to-back free throws by Watah grabbing a 36-30 lead. Unfortunately, that would be Corban's final lead of the third quarter, as Multnomah closed the period on a 7-0 run taking a 37-36 lead into the fourth quarter.

The fourth quarter saw Multnomah go ahead by three points on two separate occasions, including a 41-38 lead with 8:12 left. Less than two minutes later, Corban grabbed the lead (42-41) on a Burgess lay-in and never relinquished its advantage slowing increasing it to a game-ending six-point advantage (54-48) in route to collecting the victory.

Multnomah was led offensively by Alaygza Portis with a game-high 18 points, while Katie Skramstad, Payton Wangler, and Hill added eight, seven, and six points, respectively. Clare Faber led the Lions with nine rebounds, while Portis handed out a game-high four assists.

On the night, Corban combined to shoot 20-for-64 (31.3%) from the field, while also knocking down 3-of-21 (14.3%) from beyond the three-point line and were 11-for-17 (64.7%) at the free throw line. On the other hand, Multnomah was a combined 20-for-61 (32.8%) from the field, 4-for-21 (19.0%) from long distance, and 4-for-6 (66.7%) at the charity stripe.

Corban closes out the conference regular season with a weekend double header against Eastern Oregon University beginning on Friday, April 24, at 4:00 p.m. inside Quinn Coliseum in La Grande.

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