COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team led Adelphi University early in the fourth quarter on Tuesday evening before losing a 76-62 Northeast-10 Conference decision in the Ross Sports Center.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-10, 1-6 NE10), Adelphi (9-8, 7-5 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Anika Kapral (Dummerston, Vt./Vermont Academy), 14 points, 7-for-11 field goals
• Senior Nicole Ladas (Glastonbury, Conn./Tilton School), 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3-for-6 three-point shooting
• Senior Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington), 14 points, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 6-for-12 field goals
• Senior Nicole Anderson (Kittery Point, Maine/Marianapolis Prep), 7 points, 5 assists
• First-year Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 9 rebounds, 3 assists
• Junior Kelly Laggis (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 4 points, 4 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Emily Miccile, 19 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 blocks
• Senior Ty'zhea Hawkins, 16 points, 4 assists
• First-year Sydney Rosenoff, 11 points, 5 rebounds
• Senior Emma Cuccurullo, 10 points, 9 rebounds, 5 offensive rebounds, 5 assists

GAME FACTS

• Kapral came within one point of a career high, finishing with her best in an NE10 contest.
• Ladas matched her career high in rebounds while collecting her second straight double-double.
• Saint Michael's outrebounded the Panthers, 35-34, and turned a 10-9 edge in offensive boards into a 10-4 lead in second-chance points.
• The Purple Knights played the first of four games in seven days.
• Adelphi extended its winning streak to five games.

THE ACTION

• Saint Michael's led 7-2 on Ladas' three-pointer at 7:48 of the opening quarter.
• Six Adelphi players scored in a 17-4 counter, with the visitors leading 19-11 on sophomore Madison Graham's triple at 1:22.
• The Panthers still led by eight midway through the second stanza (27-19), but the hosts slowly rallied, with Anderson burying a three at 2:06 before MacDonough's bucket put her team in front at 1:20. First-year Caitlyn Dasaro (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans) knocked down a jumper to cap the 7-0 spurt and make it 35-32 with 51 seconds left.
• The Purple Knights led 35-34 at halftime before twice extending their lead to four points early in the third, twice on MacDonough hoops, including at 40-36 with 8:36 remaining.
• A 16-4 surge put Adelphi in front, 52-44, on Miccile's lay-in at 4:08, but Saint Michael's scored the final seven points before Kapral capped a go-ahead 9-0 run with a hook shot 26 seconds into the fourth quarter, providing a 55-54 edge.
• Nineteen of the next 23 points came from Panthers, as Adelphi built its lead to 73-58 with 58 seconds remaining on a Miccile basket.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Thursday at the University of New Haven, 5 p.m.