EDMONTON - Veteran Pandas Claire Signatovich and Jenna Harpe combined for 29 of the teams' 72 points, leading Alberta to a 72-36 win over the MacEwan Griffins on Friday night.

Harpe led the U SPORTS No. 3 ranked Pandas with a game-high 16 points, with Signatovich adding 13. Harpe and fellow guard Morgan Harris also nabbed six steals each, three short of the Pandas program record.

Alberta finished the win committing 17 fewer turnovers than MacEwan (34-15), while pulling in 21 offensive rebounds. The extra possessions led to 31 more shot attempts for the Pandas in the win. Every dressed Panda scored at least two points, as Alberta improved to 6-3 in the win.

Toni Gordon led MacEwan with nine points, as the Griffins fell to 0-9 in the loss. Unity Obasuyi added six.

Signatovich led a closer than expected first quarter, with her eight points giving the Pandas a 21-15 lead. The fourth-year forward took eight shots in the first frame, with no other Panda taking more than three.

Trailing by only six, the wheels came off for MacEwan early in the third. Alberta went on a 26-7 run, including an 11-0 run to start the second. After scoring 15 in the first quarter, the Griffins mustered just 21 points the rest of the game.

Managing their big lead in the second half, Alberta was able to rotate minutes throughout their roster, with no player seeing more than 25 minutes of court time, and all Pandas seeing at least seven minutes on the floor.

The cross-town foes will meet again tomorrow night at 5:00 p.m., as Alberta aims for a third-straight conference win, while the Griffins search for their first of the season.