ST. LOUIS – The Washington State women’s team made a dramatic late charge to lead by three points with 2:40 remaining, but Saint Louis scored the last six points of the game for a 73-70 victory on Sunday.
Alexys Swedlund scored 12 points to lead the Cougars (5-5), who have lost three in a row.
Sadie Stipanovich, whose father is former NBA center Steve Stipanovich, collected 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Billikens (8-3).
Saint Louis made 17 of 20 free throws (85 percent), compared with 7 of 14 (50 percent) for WSU.