GREAT FALLS, Mont. - The No. 11 Carroll College Women's Basketball team picked up another Frontier Conference win on Saturday, beating Providence 61-49 in Great Falls.

The Fighting Saints (19-5, 9-1) were able to walk out of the McLaughlin Center with a win over Providence (13-10, 3-7) in what would be their lone regular season trip to Great Falls on the year.

Carroll would play a tremendous defensive first quarter, something that Saints fans have grown accustomed to seeing. The Saints grew a first quarter lead as large as 11 points, but a last second three pointer from Providence's Maddy Dixon would cut the Carroll lead to eight points after one.

The Argonauts would close the gap even further in the second quarter, at one point narrowing the Carroll lead to just three points. Jamie Pickens (Helena, Mont. / SR) would put a stop to the bleeding for the Saints, however, scoring six of her game-high 22 points in the latter stages of the first half. Carroll would lead 32-26 heading into the half.

Again, defense would be the story of the third quarter. Carroll held Providence to just seven total points in the third, and would expand their lead to 11 heading into the final quarter of play. 

The Saints were able to negate any sort of a Providence run in the fourth, and walked out of the week with a 61-49 win, and the best record in the Frontier Conference.

Jamie Pickens posted her second double-double of the week. This one featuring a game-high 22 points, and a career-high 16 rebounds for the Saints forward.

Genesis Wilkinson (Moses Lake, Wash. / SR) and Kamden Hilborn (Clancy, Mont. / GR) each scored 12 points, and combined for an additional 11 rebounds for the Saints.

Reed Hazard was the best player on the court for the Argos, finishing with 20 points in 36 minutes of play.

Carroll will have several days of preparation before heading on a trip to Havre on Thursday to face off with MSU-Northern for the third and final time this season.

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