RINDGE, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team outscored Franklin Pierce University by 22 points in the second half en route to a 67-45 Northeast-10 Conference victory on Saturday at the FPU Fieldhouse.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (10-12, 7-9 NE10), Franklin Pierce (8-14, 5-11 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Bella Franchi (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 19 points (career high), 3 assists, 7-for-15 field goals, 4-for-8 three-pointers
• Sophomore Jayla Tyler (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central/Saint Rose), 15 points, 13 rebounds, 5 offensive rebounds, 2 blocks, 4-for-9 field goals, 7-for-10 free throws
• First-year Margaret Montplaisir (Portsmouth, N.H./Portsmouth), 14 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 6-for-14 field goals
• Sophomore Ruby Santos (New Paltz, N.Y./Kent School), 7 points, 9 rebounds, 6 offensive rebounds, 2 steals
• Sophomore Ashlee Talbot (Dracut, Mass./Dracut), 5 rebounds, 3 assists
• Senior Makayla Blake (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 3 assists

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Colette Mulderig, 14 points, 12 rebounds, 2 blocks
• Junior Sara Macary, 13 points

GAME FACTS

• Saint Michael's is 5-1 in its last six games.
• The Purple Knights avenged a 61-43 home loss on Jan. 11 with their largest series victory in 20 wins.
• With four regular-season games left, Saint Michael's is tied for sixth place in a league that takes all 11 of its teams into the postseason. The Purple and Gold is one win out of fifth place; the top five teams earn first-round byes into quarterfinals, while the sixth through eighth seeds host first-round contests.
• Tyler picked up her sixth double-double, including her third in four games.
• Saint Michael's held decisive advantages in rebounding (42-31), fastbreak points (13-0) and three-point shooting (32.1%-21.1%).
• The Purple and Gold held its sixth opponent to fewer than 50 points this season, including its fourth in the past six games.

THE ACTION

• Macary's jumper gave Franklin Pierce a 14-8 edge at 3:08 of the opening stanza, the first of two six-point leads in the period, but Saint Michael's later used a 16-5 run to lead 26-21 on Blake's three-pointer at 6:22 of the second.
• That proved to be the largest lead by either team in the quarter, and graduate student Janessa Gonzalez hit a jumper with 1:24 left to send the teams into the locker room tied at 28.
• Franchi's triple 39 seconds into the third quarter gave Saint Michael's the lead for good, and Tyler's pair of free throws with 13 seconds left capped a 9-2 run that provided her team a 47-36 lead.
• Mulderig's jumper at 8:17 of the fourth had the Ravens within 49-40, but Santos' jumper 52 seconds later sparked an 8-0 run. The Purple Knights led by as many as 23 points down the stretch, on Montplaisir's jumper with 58 seconds left.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday vs. regionally-ranked Saint Anselm College, 5:30 p.m.
• The Hawks were fifth in this week's D2 CSC East Region poll.