CALDWELL, N.J. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to Caldwell (N.J.) University, 64-57, on Friday at the Newman Center.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-5), Caldwell (6-4)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Nicole Anderson (Kittery Point, Maine/Marianapolis Prep), 19 points, 3, assists, 5-for-11 three-pointers
• Senior Nicole Ladas (Glastonbury, Conn./Tilton School), 11 points, 8 rebounds
• Senior Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington), 9 points, 5 rebounds
• First-year Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 6 points, 8 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals
• Junior Anika Kapral (Dummerston, Vt./Vermont Academy), 6 rebounds, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 3 assists (college debut)

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Paula Dits, 21 points, 3 assists
• Junior Casey O'Shaughnessy, 15 points, 4 assists
• Junior Jessica Wagoner, 11 points, 8 rebounds
• Junior Rebecca Morrison, 9 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals
• Graduate student Saundra Cleckley, 10 rebounds
• Graduate student Shanice Graves, 7 rebounds, 4 assists

GAME FACTS

• All four meetings between the teams have been decided by 13 points or fewer, with Saint Michael's visiting Caldwell for the first time since Nov. 29, 2015.
• The Purple Knights assisted 17 of their 23 baskets.
• Caldwell held edges in rebounds (46-41) and turnovers (12-13).
• Anderson moved into fifth in program history in career three-pointers (162), passing Caitlin Quinn '12 (161).

THE ACTION

• Neither team led by more than four points until Anderson's three-pointer at 2:12 of the first quarter (13-8), and the teams stood tied at 17 at 9:16 of the second stanza.
• Ladas netted the first six points in a 13-5 run, with Anderson's triple at 6:09 giving the Purple Knights a 30-22 edge.
• Morrison's lay-in cut the lead to 30-29, but first-year Caitlyn Dasaro (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans) dropped the last two buckets of the half to give Saint Michael's a five-point lead at the intermission.
• Anderson and MacDonough split scoring duties during a 10-2 run that provided the Purple Knights a 44-33 lead at 4:45 of the third period, and the visitors still led 46-35 on MacDonough's jumper with 2:24 to go.
• O'Shaughnessy buried a trey 21 seconds into the fourth quarter to cap an 8-2 spurt that brought the Cougars within 48-43, but Anderson's three at 8:10 pushed the lead back to eight. The Purple Knights still led 53-47 on Ladas' lay-up at 6:32.
• Caldwell responded with the next 11 points, leading 58-53 on a Dits jumper with 2:21 to go.
• The teams exchanged points down the stretch, with Brophy's two free throws bringing Saint Michael's within 60-57 at 21 seconds, but Dits scored directly off of an inbound play after a Caldwell timeout, and the visitors never had another look at a shot.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday vs. regionally-ranked Post University, 12 p.m.
• Post is tied for ninth in this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.