FREDERICTON – Dalyce Emmerson had 25 points and 17 rebounds to lead the second-ranked Saskatchewan Huskies past the No. 7 Ottawa Gee-Gees 73-62 on Thursday at the Canadian university women’s basketball tournament.

Emmerson was 7-of-9 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to help Saskatchewan cement the win. The double-double was her third of the post-season.

“We have a lot of experience on our team this year, a lot of us have been to national championships,” said Emmerson, a fifth-year player. “We just had to settle in on defence.

“Once we made some adjustments down there we were able to pull away on the offensive end.”

Desarae Hogberg added 14 points for Saskatchewan while Sabine Dukate and Kelsey Trulsrud both had 11 points.

Kellie Ring led Ottawa with 19 points and eight rebounds.

In other action, the Saint Mary’s Huskies edged the Alberta Pandas 53-52, McGill beat UNB 58-52 and Ryerson edged Regina 73-70.

Huskies 53 Pandas 52

Elle Hendershot had 12 points and 16 rebounds to lead St. Mary’s to its win. The third-ranked Huskies outscored Alberta 37-25 in the second half to erase an 11-point half-time deficit.

Maddie Rogers had a game-high 16 points for No. 6 Alberta.

Martlets 58 Varsity Reds 52

Mariam Sylla had 12 points and nine rebounds off the bench for McGill, which entered the tournament as the top seed.

Grace Wade led the UNB with 15 points and six assists.

Rams 73 Cougars 70

Keneca Pingue-Giles had 29 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals to lead the No. 5 Rams to victory a day after being named the CIS women’s basketball player of the year.

Regina outscored Ryerson 22-12 in the fourth quarter but couldn’t complete the comeback. Charlotte Kot led the No. 4 Cougars with 18 points.