WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to 19th-ranked Bentley University, 74-57, on Thursday evening during Northeast-10 Conference play at the Dana Center. The Falcons were 19th in this week's D2SIDA National Media Poll while sitting first in the East Region rankings.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-16, 1-12 NE10), Bentley (13-5, 11-3 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Anika Kapral (Dummerston, Vt./Vermont Academy), 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 4-for-6 field goals, 4-for-4 free throws
• Senior Nicole Anderson (Kittery Point, Maine/Marianapolis Prep), 11 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists
• Senior Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington), 9 points, 2 steals, 4-for-9 field goals
• Sophomore Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 8 points, 3-for-6 field goals
• First-year Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 5 points, 6 rebounds
• Junior Kelly Laggis (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 5 points

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Autumn Ceppi, 20 points, 9-for-14 field goals
• Sophomore Maggie Whitmore, 14 points, 7-for-8 field goals
• First-year Amanda Kabantu, 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 5-for-7 field goals
• Senior Kari Brekke, 12 points, 4 assists, 4-for-6 field goals

GAME FACTS

• The teams met for the second time in five days.
• Saint Michael's outshot the Bentley from three-point range, 45.5%-33.3%, while holding a 17-8 lead in bench points. The Falcons held a slim lead in rebounding (26-21), while both teams pulled seven offensive boards.

THE ACTION

• Bentley scored the first seven points, including four by Ceppi, en route to leading 13-2 by 4:49 of the first quarter.
• Blake responded with a three-pointer 23 seconds later to trim the deficit to eight points, and MacDonough's jumper at 30 seconds made it 22-11.
• During a second quarter that saw Saint Michael's hold a 19-18 scoring lead, Brophy buried a triple just before the halftime buzzer to keep the visitors within 42-30 by the intermission.
• MacDonough's jumper kept the Purple Knights trailing by 12 (44-32) at 9:06 of the third before Bentley went ahead by as many as 18 points, but Kapral netted her team's first four points of the fourth stanza to twice create a 13-point margin, including at 63-50 with 7:58 to go.
• Between that juncture and Ceppi's basket with 3:33 left, senior Kolleen Bouchard's free throws at 6:06 were the only points scored by either team, as Bentley slowly salted away the victory.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Franklin Pierce University, 1:30 p.m.
• The Ravens received a vote toward this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.