SAN ANTONIO – With dominating performances from freshman Jorja Elliott and junior Myra Bell, the University of the Incarnate Word women's basketball team picked up its second Southland Conference victory this week, beating Southeastern Louisiana University, 55-49, on Saturday afternoon. The duo combined for 39 of the Cardinals' total points on the day.
 
Elliott finished the game with a career-high 20 points on six 3-pointers (6-7), five rebounds, and two blocks. Bell also finished with a career-high 19 points, two steals, and one block.
 
Midway through the first, Elliott entered the game for back-to-back 3-pointers as the Cardinals took their largest lead of the first quarter (14-7). The Lions answered with an immediate corner trey, but UIW held onto a 14-10 edge heading into the second quarter.
 
Bell opened the second with a 3-pointer, shortly followed by Elliott's third three on the day to take a 10-point lead just two minutes into the quarter (20-10). The Cardinals continued to capitalize on the momentum extending the lead to 12 before ending the half with an eight-point advantage (30-22). Behind Elliott's four first-half 3-pointers, UIW headed into the locker room shooting 75 percent from beyond the arc and 60 percent from the field in the third.
 
The Cardinals' hot hands carried into the third, as UIW went 5-8 from the 3-point line to take as much as a 15-point lead (41-26). SLU chipped away at the lead the rest of the game, but the Lions could not catch up to the Cardinals as UIW took the game, 55-49.
 
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