COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to Southern Connecticut State University, 67-53 in overtime, on Monday evening in the Ross Sports Center during Northeast-10 Conference play.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-17, 2-13 NE10), Southern Connecticut State (10-11, 7-8 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 15 points, 7 rebounds, 4-for-8 three-pointers
• Senior Nicole Anderson (Kittery Point, Maine/Marianapolis Prep), 11 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 three-pointers, 42 minutes
• First-year Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, 4-for-7 field goals
• Senior Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington), 8 points, 2 blocks
• Junior Anika Kapral (Dummerston, Vt./Vermont Academy), 6 points, 8 rebounds, 4 offensive rebounds

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Alexa Kellner, 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5-for-8 three-pointers
• Senior Zoë Amalbert, 16 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals
• Graduate student Jessica Fressle, 13 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2 assists, 2 steals

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights held a 45-43 edge on the glass, including 13-8 in offensive rebounding. Despite committing one more turnover (13) than the Owls (12), the Purple and Gold converted that into a 20-8 lead in points off of giveaways.
• Saint Michael's played for the fourth time in seven days, part of an 18-day stretch that features eight contests.
• The home team had won the last 11 meetings, with Saint Michael's winning the prior seven in the Ross Sports Center.
• With 1,047 points, Anderson moved into 16th in program history, passing Margaret Lynch '85 (1,039), Kim Corey '84 (1,039) and Nicole Adach '13 (1,045) along the way. She also has 192 three-pointers, within six of Jes Hambley '03 (198) for third all-time.

THE ACTION

• Junior Kelly Laggis' (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans) lay-up capped a 7-0 run that gave Saint Michael's a 7-2 edge by 7:57 of the first quarter, and a 10-3 run, keyed by five Anderson points, made it 19-10 at 2:38.
• Southern Connecticut State responded with the next 12 points, including six by Kellner and five from Amalbert, before senior Delaney Connors' jumper at 4:22 of the second period concluded an 18-4 stretch. The Owls led 28-23.
• Back-to-back Brophy baskets kickstarted a go-ahead 6-0 run, as the teams swapped the lead four times in the final 2:12. Fressle's lay-up in the waning seconds sent the visitors into halftime with a 33-32 edge.
• The Owls twice led by five points in the third period, but Slaven, Brophy and Anderson canned threes during a 9-0 run to give Saint Michael's a 43-39 lead at 2:55.
• That was the largest lead for either team until overtime, as the Purple Knights led 53-49 at 4:24 of the fourth quarter when Slaven drained another triple. However, in a period that featured 14 points between the teams, Connors put home a jumper at 2:13 before Fressle's lay-in tied the game with 1:42 left in regulation.
• Both teams missed two shots down the stretch, including as Slaven snared a board with 0.3 seconds to go, but the Purple Knights were unable to fire off a winning attempt after calling a timeout.
• Southern Connecticut State scored all 14 points of the overtime session, with Amalbert and Kellner knocking down treys on their team's first two possessions during the opening minute.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday at Stonehill College, 5:30 p.m.
• The Skyhawks are ninth in this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.