Box Score From the start, both teams played tight defense. In the end, St. Olaf was able to make it a little tighter and escaped Hutton Arena with a 46-41 women's basketball win over Hamline Saturday afternoon. 

HU held the Oles to just 28 per cent shooting from the field -- their best defensive effort of the season. But the visitors clamped down ever harder and held HU to 25 per cent offense. Add in that the Oles went 13-23 from the free throw line while the Pipers were just 3-5 and you have the difference in the game. 

The first quarter set the tone for the day. There four ties en route to a 12-12 deadlock after 10 minutes. The Oles scored six of the first eight points in the second stanza but HU rallied and went ot the locker room down by just 22-20. They started the third quarter with three pointers by Chloe Graves and Emily Behrman for a 26-22 advantage. St. Olaf, however, finished on a 7-2 run for a 34-31 lead after three. HU cut the lead to a single point twice but could not forge ahead again. 

Behrman (pictured) and Chelsey Bonsante topped the HU offense with 11 points each. Alex Peterson tied a season high with nine rebounds. Hamline (2-7 overall, 1-3 MIAC) is off until December 28 when they meet UW- La Crosse in a tournament in Colorado Springs, Col.