COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to No. 8 Bentley University 72-48 on Wednesday night in the Ross Sports Center during Northeast-10 Conference play. The Falcons were eighth in the latest D2CSC national poll, as well as 18th in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) national poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-10, 0-8 NE10), Bentley (12-2, 7-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 13 points, 6 rebounds, 4-for-7 field goals, 5-for-5 free throws
• First-year Ruby Santos (New Paltz, N.Y./Kent School), 10 points, 4-for-8 field goals, 2-for-4 three-pointers
• First-year Amber Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School), 6 points
• Senior Kelly Laggis (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans), 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 offensive rebounds
• Junior Brianna Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School/Cal State Fullerton), 4 points, 3 rebounds
• Sophomore Julie Lyden (Hawthorne, N.Y./Westlake), 3 points, 3 rebounds

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Niya Morgen, 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5-for-10 field goals, 2-for-3 three-pointers
• Senior Maggie Whitmore, 14 points, 7 rebounds, 6-for-7 field goals, 2-for-2 three-pointers
• Sophomore Cassidy Yeomans, 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4-for-4 field goals, 4-for-4 three-pointers
• Junior Kylie DuCharme, 9 points, 4 rebounds, 4-for-7 field goals
• Sophomore Mikela Cooper, 7 points, 3-for-4 field goals

GAME FACTS

• The Purple and Gold held a 9-6 scoring edge off turnovers during the matchup.
• Both teams committed only nine turnovers

THE ACTION

• The Falcons led 14-2 in the first 4:31 of the first quarter thanks to beginning the game 6-for-8 from the field and 2-for-2 from three in that stretch.
• Lyden knocked down a jump shot from the elbow, the first of eight Saint Michael's points in the final 2:36 of the first stanza to cut the lead down to 20-10 at the end of the first quarter.
• Amber Furch and Santos both knocked down jumpers in the beginning of the second quarter to bring Saint Michael's within eight before the Falcons went on a 15-2 run, which Morgan sparked with a three-pointer at 8:48 and sophomore Mikela Cooper capped with a free throw at 4:54.
• Santos and Brianna Furch made back-to-back field goals that started a 7-3 run for the Purple and Gold that concluded the second quarter, with the Falcons leading 41-24 heading into halftime.  
• Saint Michael's trimmed its deficit to 15 on senior Paige Slaven's (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional) lay-up at 8:35 of the third quarter, but Bentley used a 13-4 run later in the period and a 9-0 fourth-quarter run to pull away.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Assumption University, 1:30 p.m.
• The Greyhounds were seventh in the latest D2CSC East Region Poll.