WATERBURY, Conn. - Junior
Margaret Montplaisir (Portsmouth, N.H./Portsmouth) scored a game-high 22 points to send the Saint Michael's College women's basketball team past Post University, 64-53, on Tuesday in the Drubner Center.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (1-1), Post (0-1)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Montplaisir, 22 points, 4 rebounds, 8-for-17 field goals, 6-for-12 three-pointers
- Senior Bella Franchi (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie Central), 10 points, 5 rebounds
- Senior Ruby Santos (New Paltz, N.Y./Kent School), 9 points, 13 points (7 offensive), 3 steals, 3-for-5 field goals
- Sophomore Natalie Beaudoin (Lewiston, Maine/Lewiston/Franklin Pierce), 9 points, 13 rebounds (6 offensive)
- Senior Ashlee Talbot (Dracut, Mass./Dracut), 7 rebounds (3 offensive), 5 assists
- Sophomore Brooklyn Taylor (Wall, N.J./Saint John Vianney), 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
- Sophomore Shannon McCarthy (Woburn, Mass./Woburn Memorial/New Haven), 6 rebounds (4 offensive)
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Senior Alyssa Rossignol, 21 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals, 8-for-16 field goals, 5-for-5 free throws
- Junior Kamryn Porter, 10 points, 4 steals
- Junior Tiara Tyson, 10 points, 4-for-8 field goals
GAME FACTS
- The Purple Knights pulled down 62 rebounds, within seven of a school record set on Dec. 6, 1988, against Vermont State University Castleton. Saint Michael's had a 25-2 advantage in offensive boards, leading to a 24-0 edge in second-chance points.
- Saint Michael's improved to 5-1 in the all-time series.
THE ACTION
- Rossignol scored the game's first five points before Beaudoin netted four in a go-ahead 9-2 counter, and the teams played through five first-quarter ties.
- Saint Michael's used a 21-4 run to blow open a 19-17 game, holding the Eagles to 2-of-14 shooting during that time. Franchi netted seven points, and the visitors led 39-21 on Montplaisir's lay-up with 1:33 left in the second period.
- Post trimmed its deficit to single digits, at 46-37, on Tyson's three-point play at 2:40 of the third, but Montplaisir buried three threes during a 2:14 span early in the fourth quarter to key an 11-0 run and push the lead to 61-41.
- Porter (6) and Rossignol (4) did all the scoring as the Eagles notched the next 10 points, but they came no closer.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Next Wednesday vs. Franklin Pierce University, 5 p.m.
- The Purple Knights are helping support the Mobilization of Volunteer Efforts' (MOVE) Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week by collecting non-perishable food and essential items.
