PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost at Pace University, 60-49, on Wednesday evening during Northeast-10 Conference play in the Goldstein Fitness Center.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (1-14, 0-11 NE10), Pace (8-10, 5-6 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Graduate student Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington), 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 assists
- Junior Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 11 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 2-for-5 three-pointers
- Senior Anika Kapral (Dummerston, Vt./Vermont Academy), 10 points, 8 rebounds, 4-for-6 field goals, 2-for-2 three-pointers
- Senior Kelly Laggis (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 5 points, 3 assists, 2-for-4 field goals
- Sophomore Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 4 points, 2 assists, 2 blocks, 2 steals
- Junior Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 5 rebounds, 2 assists
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Sophomore Arianna Stockinger, 17 points
- Junior Katumina Mansaray, 11 points
- First-year Ciara Collins, 11 points
- Sophomore Tower Lorde, 9 points, 11 rebounds
GAME FACTS
- The contest was a rematch of a 2022 NE10 Championship first-round game.
- Pace advanced to the 2022 NCAA Elite Eight.
- Both teams shot well from three-point range, with the Purple Knights 7-for-14 (50.0%) and Pace 5-for-9 (55.6%).
THE ACTION
- The teams played through four lead changes and three ties in the opening frame, with the Purple Knights closing the period on a 7-0 run behind consecutive MacDonough jumpers and a Kapral triple to lead 17-12.
- Saint Michael's used a 13-4 stretch to pulled ahead by a game-high 33-20 count with 4:48 left in the second period, as Slaven scored five points in the jaunt.
- Stockinger scored seven points and Lorde had five in a 14-0 response that bridged halftime, with Mansaray's go-ahead lay-in at 5:50 of the third quarter (34-33) producing the first of nine lead changes in exactly 10 minutes.
- MacDonough's jumper had the visitors in front, 48-47, at 6:02 of the fourth stanza, but Collins made a pair of free throws 12 seconds later to give Pace the final lead and kick off a 9-0 run.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Saturday vs. Adelphi University, 1:30 p.m.
- The Purple Knights host a Hope Happens Here Mental Health Awareness Game that day.
