Chubb nets 20, Storm cruise past Wis.-Eau Claire

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- The Simpson women's basketball team opened the 2019-20 season in style with an 84-63 triumph over Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the Tip-Off Tournament on Friday.

The Storm (1-0) shot 50% from the floor and 46.4% from behind the arc in the win and forced the Blugolds (1-2) to shoot 39% as a team. Of the 14 players that saw action tonight for Simpson, 10 scored a point, while seven had five-or-more points.

As the game sat at 8-8 near the halfway mark of the first quarter, Simpson rattled off an 11-2 run to give some breathing room with triples by Kia Rasmussen and Cameron Kincaid. The Storm would close the opening frame with a nine-point advantage at 27-18.

Cassie Chubb scored three of her 20 points to open a 7-3 run for Simpson to place the contest at 34-21 in the second period. Wis.-Eau Claire would chip away at the deficit with a spree of its own to make it 37-31, but would not get any closer as the half ended at 44-35 in favor of the Storm.

As the third period began, Simpson would drain three triples to claim a 14-5 run to increase the advantage to 18 points at 58-40. Neither team would score for almost three minutes before Allyson Simpson hit a pair of free throws to give the Storm a 60-40 lead. Simpson would close the door on the game in the fourth quarter by going 4 of 6 from long range and outscoring the Blugolds 20-14.

Aside from Chubb scoring a game-high 20 points, three other Storm starters hit double figures in the win. Cassie Nash tallied 13 points in her debut, Claire Johnson had 12 and Rasmussen ended with 11. Johnson was one assist away from a double-double with nine and Chubb was the leading rebounder with seven.

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Simpson returns to action tomorrow to close out the Tip-Off Tournament with a game against Wisconsin-La Crosse.