MANCHESTER, N.H. - Despite outscoring their opponents in the second half, the Saint Anselm College women's basketball team ultimately fell to the Northeast-10 Conference's first-place team, Bentley University, on Tuesday evening. Junior
Melanie Hoyt (Stamford, N.Y.) poured in 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the loss.
UP NEXT:
- Saint Anselm hits the road for their next two games, first taking on Assumption University in Worcester, Mass. on Saturday, February 3rd before traveling to Rindge, N.H. to take on Franklin Pierce University on Wednesday, February 7th.
Score: Saint Anselm 57, Bentley 71
Records: Saint Anselm 9-11 (6-8 NE10); Bentley 17-2 (12-1 NE10)
Location: Manchester, N.H. (Stoutenburgh Gymnasium)
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Attendance: 79
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The teams traded baskets in the first five minutes of the first quarter. Bentley got on the board first, but Saint Anselm responded to tie the score after every Falcon basket. Bentley took the lead, 9-6, on an Ella Thomson three-pointer, but sophomore Harmony Marquez (Rutherford, N.J.) answered with a made triple of her own to tie the score for the fourth time early in the game.
- Fifth-year Liv Robles (Wallingford, Conn.) and junior Katie Lemanski (Haymarket, Va.) each scored four points for the Hawks in the first quarter, all within the paint, but Kylie DuCharme scored two field goals in the final minute to give the Falcons a 19-13 lead at the end of the first.
- Bentley began to pull away in the second quarter after going on a 15-4 scoring run over the first five and a half minutes. Six points from DuCharme and three three-pointers aided the Falcons during that stretch. The visitors held a 38-21 lead at the half.
- Hoyt started to get it going early on in the third quarter. The forward made three straight baskets for Saint Anselm including an and-one. However, Bentley scored 22 points in the quarter to extend their lead to 23 with the score at 60-37 heading into the fourth.
- Robles opened up the final period by knocking down her first three of the game. The fifth-year would connect on another triple midway through the quarter. Robles and sophomore Tatum Forbes (Pawtucket, R.I.) combined to score 15 of Saint Anselm's 20 fourth quarter points, but the Hawks would run out of time to mount a late comeback.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Both teams shot in the forties for the game with Saint Anselm shooting 41.4% (24-58) and Bentley shooting 45.3% (29-64). The Falcons shot well from deep, making eight of their 18 threes (44.4%), while the Hawks went just three of nine (33.3%) from long distance.
- Neither team shot well from the free throw line as Saint Anselm made just six out of 12 (50.0%) while Bentley made just five out of eight (62.5%).
- Bentley held a massive edge on the glass, out-rebounding Saint Anselm, 44-29. The visitors, however, committed 11 turnovers compared to just eight by Saint Anselm.
- Points in the paint was even with the teams registering 30 apiece. The Falcon bench outscored the Hawk bench, 18-8.
- Robles finished with a team-high 16 points (7-10 FG, 2-3 3FG) to go along with five rebounds for the Hawks, while Hoyt added 15 points (6-17 FG, 3-5 FT) and grabbed nine rebounds of her own. Forbes was the only other Saint Anselm player in double-figure scoring with 11 points to go along with four rebounds, three assists, and three steals. Lemanski scored nine points, grabbed four rebounds, and dished out three assists.
- Maggie Whitmore (18 points) and DuCharme (16 points) combined for 34 points for the Falcons on an efficient 16-28 shooting. Seven Bentley players notched four or more points.
- This marked the 98th all-time meeting between these programs. Saint Anselm is now 16-82 overall against Bentley.
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