St. Joseph-Ogden keeps undefeated conference streak alive

CHAMPAIGN -- Eight players delivered points in St. Joseph-Ogden's 43-28 road victory at St. Thomas More on Monday.

The Spartans (14-6 overall, 4-0 IPC) piled on points in the first two quarters against the senior-less Sabers. Up 28-10, St. Joseph-Ogden never needed to glance over their shoulders at the scoreboard.

SJO's starting five were responsible for putting 36 of those points on the scoreboard. Peyton Jones, who finished the night 3-for-3 from the free-throw line, drained a team-high 13 points to lead SJO in the team's fourth conference win of the season.

The rest of the starting five, including Ashlyn Lannert and Taylor Wells with six points apiece, Payton Jacob had seven, and Ella Armstrong added another 4 for 36 of the team's 43 points.

The Spartans received bench points from Alyssa Hamilton, Addie Martinie, and Taylor Hug.

Sophomore Ruari Quarnstrom led all scorers with 19 points, 16 of those delivered to the STM side of the scoreboard in the second half.

Box Score

Final: St. Joseph-Ogden 43 - St. Thomas More 28

	1	2	3	4	F
St. Joseph-Ogden	16	12	11	4	43
St. Thomas More	3	7	6	12	28

St. Joseph-Ogden --
Lannert 2 (0) 2-6 -- 6, Hug 1 (0) 0-0 -- 2, Williams 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Frick 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Jacob 2 (1) 0-0 -- 7, Wells 3 (0) 0-0 -- 6, Baker 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Baltzell 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Behrens 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Jones 2 (2) 3-3 -- 13, Martinie 1 (0) 0-0 -- 2, Hamilton 0 (1) 0-0 -- 3, Kearney 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Armstrong 1 (0) 2-2 -- 4.

St. Thomas More --
Wells 1 (0) 0-0 -- 2, Stark 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Herges 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Dickerson 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Devocelle 1 (1) 0-0 -- 5, Swisher 1 (0) 0-0 -- 2, Maloney 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Dimoke 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0, Quarnstrom 2 (4) 3-4 -- 19.