ARLINGTON, Va.--Junior Jessica Parrish scored a career-high 16 points, hitting 6-of-11 from the floor, but the Hood College women's basketball team dropped a 79-49 decision to the Marymount University Saints Wednesday in a Capital Athletic Conference contest.

The Saints remain a perfect 4-0 in league play with the victory and improve to 11-1 overall. The Blazers slip to 2-9 overall and 1-4 in the CAC. 

Marymount led wire-to-wire but the Blazers trimmed the deficit to six (17-11) midway through the first half. Over the next three minutes, the Saints outscored Hood 12-4 to assume a 14-point edge (27-13) at the 6:53 mark. Hood would get no closer than eight the rest of the stanza and the Saints took a 42-23 lead into the break. The hosts would not relinquish their double-digit lead in the second half.  

Parrish's team high 16 points eclipsed her previous high of 12 points set against Goucher in November. Freshman Allyson Lethbridge also reach double figures with 11 points. Sophomore Christi Valdez connected on a pair of field goals and was 4-for-4 from the foul line for eight points.

The Blazers wrap up the week Saturday at Wesley College. The CAC contest gets underway at 2 p.m.