FREDERICK, Md.--Despite a valiant first-half effort and a game-high 15 points from senior Jen Willison, the Hood College women's basketball team (4-19, 1-15 CAC) lost to the No. 7 Marymount University Saints (24-1, 15-1 CAC), 78-47, Saturday afternoon in the Blazers' season finale at the Odom Fitness Center at Fort Detrick.

After falling behind early, the Blazers made a big run, scoring 12 unanswered points and holding the high-powered Saints scoreless for 7:35. Marymount came into the contest as the CAC leader in scoring offense. Willison netted five points in the spurt while Brianna Raithel drilled a three and Stacey Jones swished a pair of jumpers. But over the final 9:12, the Saints outscored the Blazers 26-8 and took a 34-22 edge into the break.

Marymount overcame its early shooting woes by taking advantage of some Blazers miscues. The guests turned 16 first-half turnovers by the Blazers into 19 points.

Hood was unable to keep pace with the Saints in the second stanza, as Marymount registered its ninth straight victory.

Prior to the game, Hood recognized seniors Willison and Raithel, who played their final contests in the blue-and-grey. Willison led all scorers with 15 points on 6-of-12 from the field and finished one rebound shy of her 30th career double-double. She ends her Blazer career fourth all-time in scoring with 1,307 points and third in rebounding with 828. Raithel finished with three points and a career-high nine rebounds to go along with four assists and a steal. She leaves Hood ranked sixth all-time in three-pointers (45).

Jones netted a career-best 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting off the bench. Kameran Evans also reached double figures with 10 points, including 8-of-9 from the stripe.

Four Saint starters tallied double digits in the scoring column. Kathleen Brown and Amanda Billy tallied 12 points apiece. Billy drilled four threes in the second half to account for her scoring, while Brown pulled down 10 boards for a double-double and blocked three shots.