ARLINGTON, Va. - The top-seeded Marymount women's basketball team held rival and fourth-seeded Mary Washington to just 31 points, including nine in the first half, as the 20th-ranked Saints advanced to the title game of the CAC Women's Basketball Championship with a 50-31 victory over the Eagles Thursday night at Verizon Sports Arena.

Marymount (23-3) extended its home winning streak to 19 games while holding Mary Washington to its lowest point total since before the 1981-82 season.

Sophomore Leah Hurst led the Saints with a game-high 19 points while sophomore Gabriella Haddad had 13 points and eight rebounds. Senior Nicole Viscuso finished with eight points, nine rebounds and a career-high seven assists.

Haddad scored six of her 13 points in the first quarter while adding three rebounds as Marymount jumped out to a 13-6 lead after holding the Eagles to just 2-of-8 shooting.

In the second quarter, the Saints outscored Mary Washington 13-3, holding the Eagles to just 1-of-9 shooting. Hurst scored nine of the 13 points as she was 4-of-5 from the floor. Mary Washington was limited to just one point, a free throw by Kendall Parker with 7:34 remaining, until Claire Mocarski score the team's lone field goal with 1:57 to play.

In three meetings this season, the Saints held the Eagles to just 37.7 points per game, including just 15.3 in the first half. The last time the two teams met at Verizon Sports Arena, Marymount held Mary Washington to just four second-quarter points in a 57-46 victory on January 13.

The Saints led 39-20 after three with Hurst having scored almost as many points as the Eagles with 17. Marymount extended its lead to as many as 21 in the fourth with Haddad adding five of her seven second-half points.

With the win, the Saints find themselves back in the CAC championship game for the second time in the last three years where they will host No. 17  and second-seeded Christopher Newport Saturday at 5 p.m. The two teams split the season series with each winning on their home floor. The Captains advance to the title game after defeating third-seeded York College of Pennsylvania in the other semifinal matchup on Thursday night, 93-68.