Clarke College senior guard Casey Breitbach scored a game-high 27 points and sophomore guard Michelle Jamison added 18 to lead the Crusaders to an 81-63 win over Culver-Stockton College Saturday at the Robert and Ruth Kehl Center. Coach Zareth Gray's squad improved to 1-5 with the win, while the visiting Wildcats slipped to 1-4.

Breitbach hit 10-of-14 shots from the field, including a 5-of-7 showing from beyond the three-point arc for the Crusaders, who overcame a 42-37 halftime deficit.

Clarke senior forward Joquetta Rolle tallied 14 points and retrieved a game-high 20 caroms, while Israel Coleman hit 3-of-4 three-point field goal attempts and finished with 13 points.

Clarke led by one with at 53-52 with 10:47 remaining in the contest, but the Crusaders blew the game open with a 20-4 run over the next seven minutes.

Clarke owned a 42-27 advantage on the boards and shot 52.2 percent from the field. Culver-Stockton shot 36.7 percent fromt the field.

Breezy Guymon led Culver-Stockton with 19 points.

Clarke will retunt to action on Tuesday when the Crusaders travel to Winona, Minn., for a non-conference matchup with Winona State University. Tip-0ff is set for 7 p.m.

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