WEST HAVEN, Conn. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to the University of New Haven, 71-42, on Saturday during Northeast-10 Conference play in the Jeffrey P. Hazell Athletic Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-18, 1-16 NE10), New Haven (7-14, 3-14 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Jaxson Nadeau (Wakefield, Mass./Tilton School), 8 points, 3 steals, 4-for-9 field goals
• Senior Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 8 points, 3-for-6 field goals
• First-year Ruby Santos (New Paltz, N.Y./Kent School), 7 points, 8 rebounds, 5 offensive rebounds
• First-year Ashlee Talbot (Dracut, Mass./Dracut), 6 points
• Junior Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 5 points, 4 steals

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Charlotte Bassett, 24 points, 11 rebounds, 11-for-17 field goals
• Graduate student Makaela Johnson, 9 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 4-for-8 field goals
• Graduate student Aurora Deshaies, 10 rebounds, 7 points, 3 assists, 3-for-4 field goals
• Junior Sabira Ahayeva, 8 points, 4 rebounds

THE ACTION

• The Chargers scored the first seven points of the game in the beginning 2:13 of the first stanza.
• Brophy hit a three at 7:15 to cut the Chargers' lead to four before the host Chargers went on another 7-0 run to make the score 14-3 at 2:12 on Deshaies' shot at the charity stripe.
• Nadeau hit a jumper at 1:53, but the Chargers closed out the first quarter with five more points to make the score 19-5.
• New Haven started the second quarter with a 12-2 run on 5-for-9 shooting from the field, led by five points from junior Bianca Pendleton and capped off by Johnson's lay-up at 3:44.
• The Chargers outscored the Purple Knights 18-13 in the third quarter to pull away in the second half.
• The Purple Knights outscored the Chargers 20-13 in the fourth quarter but were unable to cut the deficit further.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday at No. 5 Bentley University, 5:30 p.m.
• The Falcons' national ranking is according to the D2CSC.