Columbia, Mo. -- In a meeting of teams at the opposite ends of the standings in the AMC, the William Woods University women's basketball team stretched its conference winning streak to five, running out 65-46 winners over Stephens College on Saturday. Katie Scherder (Bowling Green, Mo.) led the Owls with 13 points on the afternoon, with Sharron Andrews (Oakland/Hayward, Calif.) and Ashlee Taylor (Dexter, Mo.) each shooting perfect from the floor (3-of-3 and 2-of-2, respectively) in the win.

The Owls jumped out to a 12-2 lead, spreading the offense around, but coming out of a timeout the Stars were able to knock down a trey as the shot clock expired and force a turnover to pull back to within five with 13:19 left.

The teams traded buckets over the next six minutes, but WWU was able to push its lead back out to double-digits at the eight minute mark and continue to pull away. Three consecutive treys for the Owls - back-to-back buckets from Scherder and a triple from Blake French (St. Charles, Mo.) put the Owls up 31-13 with just over five minutes left in the half.

Stephens was able to knock down a pair of free throws at the 4:59 mark, but the Owls defense continued to pester the Stars into bad looks, pulling out to a 20-point lead. Stephens was able to put in a single bucket at the 1:00 mark, but WWU took a 40-17 lead into the locker room at half.

The Owls opened the scoring in the second half, but through the opening seven minutes the Stars were able to keep pace. Stephens picked up a steal and a layup with 10:57 on the clock to narrow the deficit to 29-49, with Stephens head coach Bill Bixon calling a timeout to try to rally his team.

Out of the break, however, Olivia Storjohann (Eldridge, Iowa) hit a three for the Owls to push the lead back to 52-29. Stephens was able to answer with a three of its own, but four straight points from WWU extended the lead to 24.

Stephens was able to whittle the margin to 17 with 2:55 left, at 59-42, but the Owls were able to hold the Stars at arm's length, with a dagger from Paige Stewart (Ballwin, Mo.) at the buzzer giving William Woods a 65-46 win.

The Owls are back in action on Thursday night, taking on Missouri Baptist University. Tipoff for the game is slated for 5:30 p.m.