RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to East Region wins leader Felician University, 75-70, on Friday afternoon in Job Gymnasium.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (5-4), Felician (9-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Ashlee Talbot (Dracut, Mass./Dracut), 19 points, 3 assists, 2 steals, 7-for-13 field goals
• Sophomore Margaret Montplaisir (Portsmouth, N.H./Portsmouth), 12 points, 3 steals, 3-for-7 three-pointers
• Junior Jayla Tyler (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central/Saint Rose), 12 points, 5-for-10 field goals
• Junior Ruby Santos (New Paltz, N.Y./Kent School), 7 points, 6 rebounds (4 offensive)
• Junior Bella Franchi (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 7 points
• Senior Molly Brophy (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich Central School), 7 rebounds, 4 assists
• Junior Amber Furch (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood School), 5 rebounds, 2 steals
• Senior Ava MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./Rice Memorial), 3 assists

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Stephanie Formby, 26 points, 14 rebounds (6 offensive), 2 blocks, 8-for-15 field goals, 10-for-13 free throws
• Junior Ane Valle, 23 points, 12 rebounds (5 offensive), 9 assists, 5 steals, 8-for-14 field goals
• First-year Lilla Szilvassy, 12 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists

GAME FACTS

• Felician ran its winning streak to eight games.
• Saint Michael's lost for the first time in five all-time meetings while visiting Rutherford for the first time since Nov. 22, 2003.

THE ACTION

• Felician scored 10 of the game's first 12 points en route to leading 14-5 by 2:52 of the first quarter on Valle's jumper, but the Purple Knights needed only 70 seconds to score the next eight points, five of which Tyler netted, to draw within a single point.
• The hosts countered with an 8-0 run to lead 22-13 at 8:09 of the second on Valle's basket, and the advantage ballooned to 28-16 on Formby's three-point play with 4:14 to go.
• Talbot's three-point play with nine seconds left had Saint Michael's down 34-29 at halftime before the Golden Falcons scored the first six points of the third stanza, ultimately leading by as much as 44-31 at 6:13.
• With Felician still ahead 49-37, the Purple Knights used an 11-4 run to make it 53-48 on Franchi's pair of free throws at 8:34 of the fourth period.
• Consecutive hoops by Formby and Szilvassy produced a 59-50 margin at 6:19, and the hosts still led by eight points with less than a minute to go.
• After Talbot turned in another three-point play with 49 seconds left, Tyler forced a steal, and Talbot's bucket cut the deficit to 71-68 with 43 seconds left.
• Junior Deviney Jackson's lay-up eight seconds later pushed the lead back to five and, after Santos countered with a hoop with 23 ticks remaining, the teams exchanged turnovers. Valle's pair of free throws at 19 seconds sealed the win.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Sunday at Caldwell University, 12 p.m.