EDMONTON — The MacEwan Griffins found out how important momentum swings can be.

After a hard-fought opening quarter against the University of Alberta Pandas, the momentum slipped away after Alberta went on a 14-0 run to start the second quarter and MacEwan couldn't recover in a 77-49 loss, Friday night at the David Atkinson gymnasium.

Shannon Majeau led MacEwan with 13 points, while Mackenzie Farmer recorded 10 points and nine rebounds.

Rylee Semeniuk led the Pandas with 15 points and Claire Signatovich recorded 12 points and 10 rebounds in the win for Alberta. The loss drops MacEwan to 2-11 this season, while the Pandas improved to 10-3.

MacEwan trailed 18-15, and gave the Pandas a big test in the opening quarter, but that changed in the second quarter.

Signatovich came out strong for Alberta at both ends of the floor and was a big part of the Pandas 14-0 run.

The Griffins finally stopped the Pandas offensive attack when Noelle Kilbreath earned a tough bucket with 3:20 left in the first half for the Griffins first points of the quarter.
It was a tough second quarter all-around for MacEwan as they were outscored 21-8.

The Griffins were down three after the first quarter and then found themselves down 16 at the half, and their struggles continued to start the second half, as the Pandas defence held MacEwan to just six points, and they trailed 59-29, entering the fourth quarter.

It was a tough shooting night for MacEwan as they shot just 32.2% from the field, but one bright spot was the play of Toni Gordon. The first-year guard provided a lot of energy off the bench. She made some big plays at both ends of the floor. She finished with six points, six rebounds and three steals.