COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team opened Northeast-10 Conference play with a 69-64 overtime loss to The College of Saint Rose on Wednesday in the Ross Sports Center.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-2, 0-1 NE10), Saint Rose (2-1, 1-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Graduate student Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington), 23 points, 5 rebounds, 8-for-16 field goals, 4-for-9 three-pointers
• Junior Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, 6-for-13 field goals, 2-for-3 three-pointers
• Sophomore Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 11 points, 5 rebounds, 3-for-7 three-pointers
• Senior Anika Kapral (Dummerston, Vt./Vermont Academy), 6 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 40 minutes
• Junior Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 4 rebounds, 3 assists
• First-year Ava MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./Rice Memorial), 2 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Isabel Sanchez, 15 points, 5 rebounds
• Sophomore Ryley Blasetti, 14 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals
• First-year Aniya McDonald-Perry, 13 points, 12 rebounds, 7 offensive rebounds, 2 steals
• Sophomore Kaileigh Hunt, 8 points, 7 rebounds

GAME FACTS

• The teams played through 13 lead changes and 10 ties.
• The Purple Knights outshot the Golden Knights, 39.3%-30.0%, while going 10-of-23 (43.5%) from three-point range to Saint Rose's 4-for-18 (22.2%) effort. Saint Michael's also blocked a season-high eight shots.
• Emma MacDonough recorded her third career 20-point game, netting 18 after halftime.

THE ACTION

• Sanchez scored five points during a 9-0 run that gave Saint Rose a 9-2 lead by 5:15 of the first quarter, but the Purple Knights later netted nine straight points of their own to push in front, 16-14. Emma MacDonough (2:05) and Brophy (1:25) canned three-pointers 40 seconds apart before Kapral dropped in a go-ahead lay-up 1:03 into the second period to cap the run.
• The teams traded three leads from there, with the visitors going ahead 24-21 on first-year Kaelah Carter's three from the sideline at 1:40. Slaven's bucket in the lane in the waning seconds brought Saint Michael's within 26-23 at halftime.
• In the third quarter, Saint Rose extended its lead to as much as 42-36 on senior Makaela Johnson's put-back at 23 seconds.
• Saint Michael's countered with a 13-6 run, as Emma MacDonough and Slaven both netted five points before Brophy hit the go-ahead triple with 5:29 left in the fourth quarter. That was the first of five lead swings in a matter of 2:08 before Slaven's trey at 2:42 had the hosts up 57-53.
• Hunt hit the tying jumper with 51 seconds to go, and both teams had a pair of empty ensuing possessions before the game extended to overtime.
• In the extra session, Sanchez scored the first five points, giving the visitors a 62-57 edge on a three at 3:40, before Emma MacDonough netted five points in a 7-0 response.
• After Blasetti hit tying free throws with 1:05 left, a turnover led to Sanchez coming up with the go-ahead lay-in at 53 ticks. Now down three following a Blasetti freebie at seven seconds, the Purple Knights turned the ball over, leading to Blasetti's clinching basket with two seconds left.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at D'Youville (N.Y.) College, 1 p.m.