WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The Saint Anselm College women's basketball team was downed by the University of New Haven on Tuesday by a 67-59 margin at Charger Gymnasium.
Saint Anselm ends the regular season with a 12-14 overall record, capturing the No. 9 seed in the upcoming Northeast-10 Conference playoffs with an 8-12 mark against the league. The Hawks will play a First Round game this Friday, Feb. 24 at No. 8-seed Pace with a time to be determined.
Junior Gabby Turco (Wildwood, N.J.) scored 14 points with five assists, three steals and two rebounds in defeat. Senior McKenzy Ouellette (West Newfield, Maine) struck for 12 points with a team-best four steals and classmate Liv Robles (Wallingford, Conn.) was responsible for eight minutes and five rebounds in limited time.
With one assist, senior Macy Spinks (Luton, England) reached 200 career assists in just 80 games on the Hilltop. She added eight points for the Hawks.
New Haven shot 50% from the floor in the victory, including a 75% rate (six-for-eight) in the game's final 10 minutes. The Chargers overcame a 12-point deficit and finished the game on a 15-6 scoring run, stunning the Hawks who led by three with 4:23 left in regulation time.
Saint Anselm used a 10-2 scoring run between the first and second quarters to establish a game-high lead of 12 points with 7:47 to go in the first half.
New Haven closed the second stanza strong, scoring 14 of the final 18 points, but Melanie Hoyt () had a clutch layup in the final 12 seconds to maintain a 24-22 halftime lead for her squad.
The Hawks kept New Haven at arm's length for most of the third quarter, opening the game with a 13-8 scoring spurt, but the Chargers spanned the quarters by posting 15 of the game's 21 points across a four-plus minute span.
New Haven completed the double-digit comeback with the game-ending run of 15-6 as Saint Anselm was 5-for-17 (29.4%) from the floor in the game's final 10 minutes, committing 10 of the game's final 13 fouls.
The Hawks held statistical advantages in assists (18-to-17), turnovers (16-to-18) and steals (9-to-3), but the Chargers' hot shooting carried them to the victory.
