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MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College women's basketball team picked up their fifth-straight win to improve to 12-6 overall with a 62-42 victory over Adelphi University on Tuesday night in Northeast-10 Conference women's basketball action in Manchester, N.H.
The Hawks slide into a tie for second place in the NE-10 and improve to 8-5 in league games. Adelphi falls to 13-8 overall and 6-7 in NE-10 matchups. The two teams entered the night tied for #10 in the D2SIDA East Regional Rankings announced on Monday afternoon.
Current NE-10 Rookie of the Week Samnell Vonleh (Swampscott, Mass.) posted her second-straight double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds to go with three blocks to lead Saint Anselm. Ali Glennon (Bedford, N.H.) added 11 points, while Raquel Johnson (Inglewood, Calif.) and Clairee Putnam (Windham, N.H.) added nine points apiece.
Kaila Duarte (Dorchester, Mass.) matched Vonleh with a game-high 11 rebounds to go with five points. Aliyah Smith (Medford, N.Y.) chipped in six points, while Candace Andrews (Boston, Mass.) had five points, four rebounds, and a game-high six assists.
Adelphi's Calli Balfour led the Panthers with 13 points, three steals, and two blocks off the bench. Sierra Clark added eight points and five rebounds, while Julia Gnieser had seven points and three assists.
Saint Anselm won the rebounding battle 46-36, but committed 13 turnovers to 11 missteps for the visitors. The Hawks shot 40% (22-of-55) from the floor on the night while knocking down 13-of-19 free throws. Adelphi shot 28.1% (18-of-64) from the floor and hit all four of their free throw attempts.
The Hawks jumped out to an early 6-0 lead to open the game before a 9-2 run from Adelphi gave the Panthers their only lead of the contest at 9-8 following a Balfour three. Aliyah Smith answered with a three of her own to put Saint Anselm back on top, and Samnell Vonleh scored inside to make it 13-9. The Panthers scored the final four points of the period to draw even with the Hawks at the end of one quarter.
The second quarter was all Saint Anselm as they outscored the Panthers 15-4 in the stanza to take a 28-17 lead into the half. Ali Glennon scored all nine of her points in the quarter, connecting on 6-of-6 free throws.
The Hawks carried the momentum into the second half as a pair of free throws from Johnson made it a 36-21 game with 6:14 to play. Sierra Clark would cut the deficit to 36-23, but that would be as close as Adelphi would get as another Vonleh layup inside gave the Hawks a 44-27 lead headed into the final quarter.
Saint Anselm sealed the game with a 12-2 run to open the fourth quarter and take a commanding 56-29 lead. The two teams traded baskets throughout the period, but the Hawk lead only dropped to 20 in the final two minutes of play with Sierra Schrader scoring the final basket of the game for the Panthers to give it the final score of 62-42.
The Hawks kick off a three game road trip on Saturday afternoon when they travel to New Haven for a 3:30 p.m. matchup with the Chargers. Saint Anselm will be looking for a little revenge as New Haven defeated the Hawks 65-40 back on December 31st earlier this season.
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