MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to Saint Anselm College, 61-47, on Saturday afternoon during Northeast-10 Conference play in the Stoutenburgh Gymnasium.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-14, 1-12 NE10), Saint Anselm (9-10, 6-7 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Amber Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School), 16 points, 6-for-9 field goals
• First-year Ruby Santos (New Paltz, N.Y./Kent School), 9 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 4-for-5 field goals
• Senior Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 9 points
• Junior Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 5 rebounds, 4 offensive rebounds
• Senior Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 3 assists
• Junior Brianna Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School/Cal State Fullerton), 4 rebounds, 3 assists

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Tatum Forbes, 21 points, 7-for-12 field goals, 2-for-2 three-pointers
• Graduate student Liv Robles, 17 points, 3 blocks, 8-for-13 field goals
• Junior Melanie Hoyt, 10 points, 5 rebounds, 5-for-9 field goals

THE ACTION

• Forbes had a pair of baskets as the Hawks claimed a 6-2 lead by 8:13 of the opening quarter.
• The Purple and Gold crept within one point three times before the end of the period, for the final time at 10-9 with 5:11 left on a layup from sophomore Julie Lyden (Hawthorne, N.Y./Westlake).
• Saint Anselm slowly built its lead to 22-13 on Forbes' layup at 3:53 of the second quarter, and her three-pointer with one second remaining made the score 29-21 going into the locker rooms.
• Saint Anselm started the second half on a 10-2 scoring run on 4-for-5 shooting to make the score 39-23 at 6:06 in the third period on Forbes' layup.
• Santos scored six points in a 3:06 span to ignite a 7-1 run to guide the Purple Knights back to within 10 points at 2:20. The Hawks led 46-33 at the end of three.
• Amber Furch scored five points on two jump shots early in the fourth quarter to shorten the Hawks' lead at 49-38 at 8:31.
• Robles scored seven points in the final 7:49 of the contest while Santos contributed five points in that span for the Purple and Gold as the Hawks held onto the lead.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday vs. Southern New Hampshire University, 5:30 p.m.
• The Penmen were sixth in this week's D2CSC East Region poll.