MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost during Northeast-10 Conference play on Wednesday evening to regionally-ranked Southern New Hampshire University, 77-46, in Stan Spirou Field House. The Penmen were sixth in this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-3, 1-1 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (6-1, 2-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Nicole Anderson (Kittery Point, Maine/Marianapolis Prep), 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3-for-8 three-pointers
• Senior Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington), 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2-for-4 three-pointers
• Junior Kelly Laggis (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds, 4-for-6 field goals, 13 minutes
• Senior Nicole Ladas (Glastonbury, Conn./Tilton School), 7 rebounds
• Junior Anika Kapral (Dummerston, Vt./Vermont Academy), 2 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Gyanna Russell, 21 points, 7-for-11 field goals, 6-for-6 free throws
• Sophomore Jessica Knight, 14 points, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 steals
• Graduate student Meg Knollmeyer, 13 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals
• Junior Adriana Timberlake, 12 points, 4 steals

GAME FACTS

• Anderson reached the 850-point plateau for her career.
• Saint Michael's was narrowly outrebounded, 42-39.
• The Purple Knights are amid a challenging five-game stretch that includes one ranked opponent, one receiving national votes, and two regionally-ranked foes.

THE ACTION

• The Penmen scored the first four points before Anderson hit a three-pointer as part of a 7-0 run, with Kapral and Ladas adding buckets. The Purple Knights led 7-4 at 6:24 of the first quarter.
• Knollmeyer had five points in a 9-0 response before four Purple Knights tallied an 8-0 run, with the visitors leading 15-13 on sophomore Makayla Blake's (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central) lay-in at 1:42.
• Anderson's triple pushed the Saint Michael's lead to 20-15 by 9:44 of the second quarter, and her jumper had the Purple and Gold up 23-21 at 7:14.
• The Penmen finished the half on an 18-3 run, including scoring the last eight points over the final 1:09 of the stanza, to take a 39-26 lead into the locker room.
• Southern New Hampshire capped a 36-0 run when senior Samantha Chapps buried a three-pointer with 52 seconds left in the third quarter, making it 63-26, before Laggis dropped home a lay-up at the other end of the floor.
• Saint Michael's held a 17-14 scoring edge in the fourth quarter, when MacDonough (5) and Laggis (4) combined for nine points.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Assumption University, 1:30 p.m.
• The Greyhounds are ninth in this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.