COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost its Senior Day contest on Saturday to 20th-ranked Bentley University, 75-54, during Northeast-10 Conference play in the Ross Sports Center. The Falcons were 20th in this week's D2SIDA National Media Poll, receiving votes toward the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) national poll, and stood first in the D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.

During a pregame Senior Day ceremony, Nicole Anderson (Kittery Point, Maine/Marianapolis Prep), Nicole Ladas (Glastonbury, Conn./Tilton School), Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington), Erika Ochenduszko (Rockland, Mass./Rockland) and Danielle Scaperrotta (Ardsley, N.Y./Ardsley) were all honored.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-14, 1-10 NE10), Bentley (12-5, 10-3 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Ladas, 9 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists
• Anderson, 8 points, 4 assists
• MacDonough, 7 points, 6 rebounds
• Sophomore Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 5-for-7 field goals
• Sophomore Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 7 points, 3-for-4 field goals
• Junior Anika Kapral (Dummerston, Vt./Vermont Academy), 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3-for-5 field goals
• First-year Caitlyn Dasaro (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 4 points, 2 steals
• Junior Kelly Laggis (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 4 rebounds, 2 offensive rebounds

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Ella Thompson, 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3-for-7 three-pointers
• Graduate student Autumn Ceppi, 14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals, 4-for-9 field goals, 6-for-7 free throws
• Sophomore Maggie Whitmore, 8 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals
• Sophomore Janessa Gonzalez, 8 points, 4 assists
• First-year Kylie DuCharme, 9 rebounds, 5 offensive rebounds

GAME FACTS

• Despite what the final score might indicate, Saint Michael's actually outshot Bentley from the field (41.5%-40.8%) and from three-point range (37.5%-31.6%) while only being edged on the boards, 38-35.
• Anderson pushed her career point total to 990, passing Alexis Keller '10 (987) for 21st in program history. With 183 three-pointers, she broke a tie with Megan Gaudreau '16 to move alone into fourth at Saint Michael's.

THE ACTION

• Slaven buried a three-pointer 14 seconds into the game before Bentley scored the next 10 points, with Thompson netting the first five and Ceppi scoring the ensuing four.
• Back-to-back buckets by reserves Blake and Dasaro, both fresh from the bench, cut the deficit to 12-9 by 1:54 of the first quarter. A Dasaro jumper ended the frame before Anderson's triple made it 16-14 at 9:08 of the second period.
• Bentley slowly increased its lead to 30-18, as six players scored in a 14-4 run.
• The Falcons led by as many as 27 points in the third stanza before Saint Michael's trimmed 11 points off of its deficit, starting the fourth quarter with a 12-2 run to draw within 65-49 on Ladas' jumper at 6:20. Blake had seven points and Ladas the other five in the stretch. However, the Purple Knights came no closer.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday vs. Assumption University, 5:30 p.m.
• The Purple Knights host a TBC Sexual Assault Awareness Game that day.