RINDGE, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to Franklin Pierce University, 60-38, on Tuesday during Northeast-10 Conference play in the FPU Fieldhouse.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (1-3, 0-2 NE10), Franklin Pierce (3-3, 1-1 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Anika Kapral (Dummerston, Vt./Vermont Academy), 14 points, 10 rebounds, 7 offensive rebounds, 7-for-11 field goals
- Junior Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 9 points, 2 steals, 3 three-pointers
- Senior Kelly Laggis (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 5 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists
OPPONENT LEADERS
- First-year Sara Macary, 17 points, 5 rebounds
- First-year Leana Heitmann, 17 points, 4 assists, 3 steals
- Junior Ines Gimenez Monserrat, 13 points, 5 assists
GAME FACTS
- Franklin Pierce shot 9-of-11 on free throws, while Saint Michael's made no trips to the line.
- Thanks to holding a 13-8 lead in offensive rebounds, the Purple Knights posted a 13-4 advantage in second-chance points.
THE ACTION
- Three players scored in helping Saint Michael's take a 7-2 lead on Slaven's three-pointer at 5:21 of the opening quarter, but the hosts ended the period on an 11-3 run. Macary's jumper at 16 seconds had her team up 13-10.
- The Purple Knights opened the second quarter with the first 13 points, with Slaven, graduate student Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington) and junior Jaxson Nadeau (Wakefield, Mass./Tilton School) all knocking down triples. Slaven's trey made it 23-13 by 4:51, and Kapral's lay-in with 27 seconds go to had the visitors ahead 27-18 at halftime.
- MacDonough's jumper still had the Purple Knights up 32-27 with 3:51 left in the third quarter before Franklin Pierce scored the next 17 points.
- Kapral put home consecutive buckets at 8:22 and 7:36 of the fourth period to bring Saint Michael's within 44-36, but the Raven scored 16 of the final 18 points.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Next Wednesday at Assumption University, 5:30 p.m.
