Box Score BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost an exhibition game at Division I University of Vermont, 75-37, on Tuesday evening in Patrick Gymnasium.
 
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Ruby Santos (New Paltz, N.Y./Kent School), 12 rebounds, 6 offensive rebounds
• Sophomore Amber Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School), 7 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals
• Sophomore Ashlee Talbot (Dracut, Mass./Dracut), 7 points, 3-for-5 field goals
• Senior Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 5 points
• Senior Brianna Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School/Cal State Fullerton), 4 points

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Keira Hanson, 11 points, 4 rebounds
• Senior Sarah Lazar, 10 points, 4 rebounds, 4-for-6 field goals
• Senior Bella Vito, 9 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals
• Junior Nikola Priede, 9 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks
• First-year Emma Haan, 9 points, 3-for-3 three-pointers

GAME FACTS

• Vermont was the America East Conference tournament runner-up last year before advancing to the WNIT semifinals.
• The Purple Knights were only outrebounded 38-31.

THE ACTION

• Priede's putback at 3:21 of the opening quarter pushed Vermont's lead to 18-0 before the Purple Knights responded with a 12-7 run on the strength of four Amber Furch points and threes by each Brophy and Talbot.
• Talbot's triple had her team within 25-12 by 6:05 of the second stanza.
• The Catamounts scored 15 of the next 17 points.
• Saint Michael's was narrowly outshot in the second quarter, 33.3%-30.8%, and held a 10-9 rebounding edge.
• First-year Hannah Palumbo (Milton, N.Y./Marlboro) backed down a defender for her first hoop in Purple and Gold at 6:25 of the fourth quarter, and Brophy converted sophomore Jayla Tyler's (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central/Saint Rose) steal into a transition basket 23 seconds later.
• First-years Margaret Montplaisir (Portsmouth, N.H./Portsmouth) and Kelli Cieplicki (Colchester, Vt./Rice Memorial) netted their first career buckets in succession at 1:03 and 29 seconds, respectively, of the fourth quarter.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Nov. 8 vs. Bloomfield College, 5 p.m. during Best Western Windjammer Tip-Off Classic.