ALEXANDRIA, La. – The 14th-ranked Loyola University New Orleans women's basketball team continues to look impressive in the early portion of the 2022-23 season, dominating LSU Alexandria, 98-43, Tuesday night to improve its record to 7-0. 
 

After a two-game Southern States Athletic Conference hiatus, the Wolf Pack is set to return to league action next Thursday, playing host to William Carey at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 1. 
 

The Wolf Pack started the game by going 5-for-5 from the floor, including a 3-pointer by Taylor Thomas, to take a 13-5 lead and prompting an early LSUA timeout. Liz Critton scored twice in that early stretch and Sandra Cannady added four points as well to help Loyola take the eight-point lead less than four minutes into the game. Free throws and a layup for Cannady kept things going for the Pack, 17-5, then after the Generals ended the 13-0 run, Thomas hit another 3 and Jazmene McMillan scored to make it a commanding 22-8 lead with three minutes left in the opening frame. 
 

Loyola finished the first quarter 11-for-19 from the floor, including 3-for-5 from the 3-point line, to hold a 29-9 advantage after 10 minutes of play. 
 

The Pack kept it up in the second with another 20-plus-point quarter. Tay Cannon and Sydni Tangle made it a 24-point lead, 33-9, in the first minute of the frame, then a combination of Kennedy Hansberry, Cannon, Thomas and McMillan pushed it a 29-point game, 45-16, a few minutes later. Jada Farrell got in on the action late in the quarter, then after another 3-pointer by Thomas, Cannady extended the lead to 56-25 with a pair of free throws. 
 

The team would go into the break with a 60-25 lead after shooting 66.7 percent (22-for-33)  from the floor through 20 minutes of play. 
 

Loyola outscored LSU Alexandria 22-10 in the third quarter, as McMillan scored five in the first four minutes while Cannady, Hansberry and Critton all each had a field goal, too. After Cannon socred, Kate Petrovic made it a 48-point lead, 78-30, with less than three minutes left, and Jada Washington brought the score to 82-35 by the end of the frame. 
 

When it was all said and done, the Pack had 13 different scorers in the contest to help secure the dominant win. 
 

Pack Facts

• This is the first time the Loyola women have begun a season 7-0 since the 2014-15 season, when the team had a 14-0 start to the season. 

• Sandra Cannady continues to pile up the double-doubles this year, as she recorded her sixth of the season with a game-high 17 points and 12 rebounds. Cannady only had four attempts from the field, but she made 11 of her 12 shots from the foul line. 

• Taylor Thomas was second on the team with 15 points scored, her fourth contest this game registering at least 15. 

• Thomas also had four assists, giving her 320 for her career. That places her in a tie for ninth place in Loyola's record book in career assists. 

• Loyola had four players score at least 10, as Jazmene McMillan went 5-for-6 from the field for 12 points, and Liz Critton finished with a season-high 10. 

• All 13 Wolf Pack players who saw the court on Tuesday logged at least eight minutes, and all 13 of those players made at least one shot from the field. Isabella April made her first three-point attempt of the night to score her first points in a Loyola uniform.

• Overall, the Pack combined to shoot 36-of-59 from the field, a blazing 61.0 percent. It's the best field goal percentage for the team in a single game since Nov. 9, 2013, when the team shot 40-for-64 (62.5%) in a win against Fisk. 

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