WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to 17th-ranked Bentley University, 70-55, on Monday during Northeast-10 Conference play in the Dana Center. The Falcons were 17th in last week's Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) national rankings and 20th in the D2CSC national poll. Bentley is tied for second in the most recent D2CSC East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-20, 1-18 NE10), Bentley (21-4, 16-3 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Ruby Santos (New Paltz, N.Y./Kent School), 16 points (career high), 4 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds, 2 steals, 8-for-8 free throws, 2-for-4 three-pointers
• Junior Molly Brophy (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich Central School), 9 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 4-for-8 field goals
• First-year Amber Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School), 6 points, 4 rebounds
• Senior Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 6 points
• First-year Ashlee Talbot (Dracut, Mass./Dracut), 5 points, 3 assists
• Senior Paige Slaven (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven Regional), 4 points, 2 steals

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Julia Elie, 14 points, 5-for-6 field goals, 4-for-4 free throws
• Senior Maggie Whitmore, 11 points, 8 rebounds, 4-for-4 free throws
• Senior Brooke Obar, 8 points, 5 assists, 3 steals
• Graduate student Ella Thompson, 8 points
• Junior Kylie DuCharme, 7 points, 7 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds
• Sophomore Ciara Norman, 6 points, 4 rebounds, 4-for-4 free throws

THE ACTION

• Blake and Brophy both made baskets in the opening 1:15 of the first quarter to give the visitors a 4-0 lead before the Falcons went on a 7-0 run to discard the Purple Knights' advantage.
• Brophy knocked down a shot beyond the arc at 5:18 to tie the game, and neither team led by more than three points for the remainder of the first quarter, as the Purple Knights held a 14-13 lead in between stanzas.
• Saint Michael's scored the first four points of the second quarter, capped off by Nadeau's lay up at 8:56, to hold a five-point lead at 18-13.
• The Falcons scored the next 18 points and headed into the locker rooms with a 31-18 lead.
• Santos scored six points for the Purple Knights and grabbed three offensive rebounds in the third quarter, but the Falcons outscored the visitors 24-18 in the stanza.
• Santos scored the Purple Knights' first five fourth-quarter points, including her deep ball at 7:18 making the score 59-41. Her triple with 1:04 left had the visitors down 68-54, but they came no closer.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. No. 14 Assumption University, 5:30 p.m.
• The Greyhounds' national ranking is according to the D2CSC.
• The Purple Knights will host a Hope Happens Here Mental Health Awareness Game that night.