COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team opened the season with a 68-54 loss to Northeast-10 Conference foe Saint Anselm College on Wednesday evening in the Ross Sports Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-1, 0-1 NE10), Saint Anselm (2-1, 1-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 13 points off bench, 4-for-8 field goals, 2-for-2 three-pointers
• First-year Amber Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School), 11 points, 3 assists, 3-for-7 three-pointers
• Junior Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks
• Senior Kelly Laggis (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 7 rebounds, 4 offensive rebounds, 2 steals
• Senior Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 3 assists, 2 steals
• Senior Jaxson Nadeau (Wakefield, Mass./Tilton School), 3 steals

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Tatum Forbes, 20 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, 7-for-15 field goals
• Junior Melanie Hoyt, 17 points, 8 rebounds, 7-for-11 field goals
• Fifth-year Liv Robles, 14 points, 6 rebounds

GAME FACTS

• Four Purple Knights made their college debuts.
• Saint Michael's held a 13-7 edge on the offensive glass while forcing 21 turnovers.

THE ACTION

• Neither team led by more than three points in the opening six minutes of the contest, and Blake's lay-up at 3:35 of the first quarter had her team within 9-6.
• Saint Anselm slowly pulled away thanks to an 18-5 run. Forbes scored eight points in that time, while sophomore Harmony Marquez had six.
• Furch's two free throws with 32 seconds left in the second quarter had the Purple Knights down 32-20 before junior Marta Pons Gomez hit a corner three at the buzzer, sparking a 17-3 run that spanned halftime.
• The Hawks extended their lead to a game-high 27 (62-35) on another Gomez triple in the waning seconds of the third stanza.
• Saint Michael's outscored the visitors in the fourth quarter, 19-6, behind 4-of-5 three-point shooting.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday at the University of Puerto Rico in Bayamón, 10 a.m. EST.