MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm women's basketball team battled to a 68-66 win over non-conference opponent D'Youville on Friday afternoon in Manchester.
UP NEXT:
- Saint Anselm opens the 2025 section of their campaign on Thursday January 2nd taking on Northeast-10 opponent Assumption with a 5:30PM tipoff.
Score: Saint Anselm 68, D'Youville 66
Records: Saint Anselm (7-3, 4-1 NE10), D'Youville (3-9, 1-3 ECC)
Location: Manchester, N.H. (Stoutenburgh Gymnasium)
Date: Friday, December 20, 2024
Attendance: 80
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The first quarter kicked off early in favor of Saint Anselm as the Hawks began the game with a 9-2 advantage behind four different Hawks scoring, capped off by an Elise MacNair (Old Orchard Beach, Maine) triple. Strong shooting from D'Youville's Aliviya Vallone Russell would bring the game back within a possession, 9-11 in favor of the home team. Saint Anselm would close the quarter with a four-point advantage off of a buzzer beating floater from Katie Lemanski (Haymarket, Va.).
- The Saints would continue to shoot the ball well to open the second quarter as Russell would go three for three from the charity stripe. D'Youville would bring the game within one point as Anna Jankovic would cash in from the baseline. A 7-0 Saint Anselm run highlighted by pair of buckets by freshman Addisen Sulikowski (Saco, Maine) would stump the Saints comeback. Halfway through the quarter the Hawks would take a double-digit lead forcing the visitors into a timeout. Saint Anselm found their biggest lead at 12 with Lemanski floating an offensive rebound back in for a score. To end the half the Hawks would give up one last bucket but maintain a 10-point lead going into halftime.
- D'Youville opened the second half bringing the game within six and Jankovic began to heat up on the boards. Senior Melanie Hoyt (Stamford, N.Y.) responded for the Hawks off of a feed from Tatum Forbes (Pawtucket, R.I.). Halfway through the quarter freshman Avery Romps (Greenland, N.H.) took her turn of a hot hand, cashing in from deep to extend the Saint Anselm lead 47-35. The third would come to a close with a Saints run which brought the game within seven.
- The final quarter of action would prove to be the most challenging for the Hawks as the Saints would slowly battle their way back into the game. Jankovic would go on a 5-0 run herself before feeding teammate Allie Hall to take their first lead of the afternoon with 7 minutes of action remaining. Sulikowski would interrupt their run tallying another bucket from deep off of a feed from Hoyt. With 2:42 remaining the game would become tied at 62 as Isabella Kostyal-Larrier would have a successful trip to the free throw line. Queue in Hoyt. The senior dominated the final two minutes with a defiant and one bucket to silence the Saints.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Hoyt (10-15 FG, 1-3 FT) led the offensive strike on Saturday scoring a team-high 21 points to go with 13 rebounds and a pair of assists. Forbes (3-8 FG, 0-1 3PT, 2-2 FT) filled the stats for Saint Anselm with eight points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists. Lemanski (5-11 FG, 0-2 3PT, 4-6 FT) scored a career-high 14 points in the win with seven assists and three rebounds.
- Saint Anselm scored 13 fast break points to go along with bringing down 33 rebounds. D'Youville grabbed just 25 rebounds and scored 17 points from their bench.
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