Box Score PORTLAND, Ore. - Alexcis Higginbotham scored 20 points Saturday night to lead The Evergreen State College to a 67-48 Cascade Collegiate Conference women's basketball victory over the Multnomah Lions at MU's Lytle Gym.

The Geoducks (3-2 overall, 2-0 CCC) built a 43-23 halftime lead over the Lions (0-10, 0-2) in winning their third consecutive game.

Higginbotham, a junior guard from Zillah, scored 13 of her points in the opening half as the Geoducks built what turned out to be an insurmountable lead.

Evergreen trailed by two points twice in the first quarter before taking the lead for good, 12-9, on a three-pointer by Kaelin Williams-Kennedy with 2:17 remaining in the opening period. When Deidra Miller scored a fastbreak layin one minute into the second period, the Geoducks opened up a 21-10 lead. They would keep that double-digit lead throughout the remainder of the contest. Their largest lead was 25 points and came twice, once in the third period and again in the fourth.

As they had the night before in opening conference play with a win over Warner Pacific, the Geoducks shot the ball well from the free throw line. In fact, Higginbotham was 7-for-10 in leading Evergreen to a 21-for-29 performance at the charity stripe.

Joining Higginbotham in double figures was Cherish Moss with 12 points, While Miller contributed nine points and eight rebounds off the bench. Imani Dunn grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the visitors to a 42-37 edge in that category.

Tiara Chinn scored 15 points and Paris Sanders grabbed a game-high 13 points in a losing effort. 

Evergreen returns to action at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, when the University of Puget Sound visits Costantino Recreation Center for a non-conference contest. That game time is changed from the previously announced 5:30 p.m. start.