WALTHAM, Mass. - The 13th-seeded Saint Michael's College women's basketball team's season ended on Friday evening with a 59-39 loss to No. 4 Bentley University during a Northeast-10 Conference Championship first-round game in the Dana Center. The Falcons are among 10 teams under consideration in the NCAA East Region rankings.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-24), Bentley (18-9)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Graduate student Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington), 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2-for-5 three-pointers
• Junior Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 10 points, 7 rebounds
• Junior Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 8 points
• Sophomore Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 7 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Julia Elie, 12 points, 2 blocks, 6-for-9 field goals
• Junior Maggie Whitmore, 9 points, 5-for-6 free throws
• Sophomore Amanda Kabantu, 8 points, 9 rebounds, 4 offensive rebounds
• Senior Ella Thompson, 8 points, 3 assists

GAME FACTS

• MacDonough finished 11th in program history in career three-pointers (115) while appearing in exactly 100 games.

THE ACTION

• Neither team led by more than two points until Brophy buried a three-pointer with 1:22 left in the opening quarter, giving Saint Michael's a 13-9 lead. When MacDonough knocked down a jumper 18 seconds into the second stanza, the Purple Knights held a 15-9 advantage on the strength of a 7-1 run.
• Graduate student Kari Brekke hit a tying triple at 4:43 to cap an 8-2 stretch, but MacDonough drilled a trey of her own 35 seconds later, and Slaven's buzzer-beating jumper provided the visitors a 26-21 lead at halftime.
• Slaven knocked down another jumper 30 seconds into the third period to give Saint Michael's its largest lead, 28-21, before Bentley countered with the next 13 points. Whitmore's four points in that time led five scorers.
• The Purple Knights twice crept within four points, including on MacDonough's jumper at 3:04 (36-32), but the Falcons pulled away with a 10-0 run that bridged the intermission.
• MacDonough hit a three that produced a 46-35 margin at 7:28 of the fourth quarter, but Bentley responded with a 13-2 run to quash the Purple and Gold comeback bid.