ALBANY, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to The College of Saint Rose, 59-31, on Tuesday during Northeast-10 Conference play in Nolan Gymnasium. The Golden Knights were eighth in the latest D2CSC East Region poll while leading Division II in scoring defense.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-4, 0-4 NE10), Saint Rose (5-1, 3-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 7 points
• First-year Ruby Santos (New Paltz, N.Y./Kent School), 5 points, 6 rebounds
• Senior Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 4 points, 8 rebounds
• Senior Kelly Laggis (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 4 points, 3 steals
• Junior Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 4 points

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Maddisyn Mahoney, 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists
• Sophomore Kaelah Carter, 12 points
• Junior Syrita Faraj, 11 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists
• Sophomore Payton Graber, 10 points, 8 rebounds
• Sophomore Aniya McDonald-Perry, 8 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals

GAME FACTS

• The Golden Knights are first in Division II in scoring defense (44.6) and field goal defense (29.1%).

THE ACTION

• Three players scored as the Purple Knights used a 7-2 spurt to nab a 7-4 edge by 6:19 of the opening quarter.
• The Golden Knights countered with 11 of the next 14 points to lead 15-10 on Graber's lay-in with 36 seconds to go.
• Brophy's jumper 11 seconds into the second period had Saint Michael's within a point before Saint Rose embarked on a 12-0 run, led by Carter's eight points.
• Blake and Santos later knocked down consecutive three-pointers, and the visitors were down 29-20 at halftime.
• First-year Ashlee Talbot (Dracut, Mass./Dracut) buried a triple to keep Saint Michael's within 35-25 at 5:43 of the third before four Golden Knights scored in a 10-0 run. The visitors never came closer than 19 from there.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Goldey-Beacom College, 12 p.m.