WEST HAVEN, Conn. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to regionally-ranked University of New Haven, 56-49, during Northeast-10 Conference action on Saturday in the Jeffrey P. Hazell Athletics Center. The Chargers were fourth in this week's D2 CSC East Region poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-11, 2-8 NE10), New Haven (11-5, 6-4 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Brianna Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School/Cal State Fullerton), 16 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 4-for-9 three-pointers
• Sophomore Jayla Tyler (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central/Saint Rose), 12 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals, 6-for-12 field goals
• Sophomore Ashlee Talbot (Dracut, Mass./Dracut), 7 points
• Senior Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 6 points
• Sophomore Ruby Santos (New Paltz, N.Y./Kent School), 7 rebounds

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Lindsay Hogan, 18 points, 4 rebounds
• Junior Aniya McDonald-Perry, 11 points, 8 rebounds, 5 offensive rebounds, 4 blocks, 4-for-7 field goals
• Senior Charlotte Bassett, 7 points, 7 rebounds
• First-year Schuyler Coles, 7 points, 4 assists

THE ACTION

• The Chargers jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the first 2:23 of the game, led by five points from Hogan.
• The Purple Knights responded with a 12-3 run behind five different scorers and took a 14-12 lead with 1:32 left in the first quarter after first-year Margaret Montplaisir's (Portsmouth, N.H./Portsmouth) triple.
• Senior Sabira Ahayevna hit a three shortly after to give the Chargers a 15-14 lead to end the first quarter.
• New Haven grabbed four points to start the second quarter, but Tyler and Furch hit shots assisted from Blake to tie the game at 19 apiece at the 6:38 mark.
• The Chargers went on an 8-2 run during a 1:48 span, capped off by Hogan's pull-up jumper at 3:23, to make the score 27-21 in favor of the hosts. New Haven led 33-28 at halftime.
• The two squads played through three ties and three lead changes in the third quarter, but the hosts went on an 8-0 run in the final 1:55 and held a 45-40 lead at the end of the quarter.
• Coles hit a jumper to start the fourth quarter for the Chargers, but the Purple and Gold responded with a 9-0 run to take a 49-47 lead after Furch's lay in at 5:11.
• After McDonald-Perry's tying putback at 3:33, Hogan knocked down a go-ahead three with 1:18 left. The Purple Knights went scoreless on their next possession, and Hogan made four free throws down the stretch to score the final seven points of her team's game-ending 9-0 run.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. Southern New Hampshire University, 5:30 p.m.