BOX SCORE
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Trish Gardner hit a three-pointer with
27 seconds remaining to lift Assumption College to a 62-60
Northeast-10 women's basketball victory over Southern New Hampshire
University at the SNHU Fieldhouse on Saturday. The
Greyhounds, who entered the game ranked No. 4 in the Northeast
Region, improved to 18-5 overall and 12-4 in the NE-10, while the
Penmen are now 11-10 and 7-9 in the league.
Charde Floyd led Assumption with 16
points and nine rebounds, while Beth Plasski totaled 10
points. Gardner finished with seven points.
Sara Tucker (Red Hook, NY) was the lone SNHU
player in double figures as she totaled 13 points.
Ashara Carrington (Marblehead, MA) registered nine
points while Heather Marino (Billerica, MA) added
eight points.
SNHU trailed by as many as 12
points in the second half and was down 57-47 with 6:06 left when it
ran off nine unanswered points. A layup by Stephanie
Houghton (Manchester, NH) with 2:56 left cut the Greyhound
lead to one, 57-56. Assumption would reclaim a three-point
cushion on a pair of free throws by Megan Urban with 1:51 to play,
but Tucker scored on SNHU's next possession to make it a 59-58
ballgame.
Assumption would come up empty on
its next possession and the Penmen would take a 60-59 lead with 40
seconds to play when Marino put back an initial miss by
Alyssa Whitney (Somerville, MA) down low.
The Greyhounds came down and with 27 seconds to play, Gardner
drilled her lone three-point attempt of the contest to give her
team the lead once again. After a timeout, SNHU would turn
the ball over on an offensive foul, but would get one final chance
when Assumption missed a pair of free throws. The Penmen got
one final look at the basket but a driving layup by Houghton was
off the mark.
The Penmen opened up a 15-6 lead
7:22 into the game on a layup by Julia Houghtaling
(Franconia, NH). Assumption scored seven straight to cut the
lead to 15-13 on a Floyd basket at the 11:12 mark, but the Penmen
responded with four points. SNHU rebuilt a nine-point
advantage, 30-21 with just under five minutes to go on a Whitney
basket, but Assumption scored 15 unanswered points to go up 36-30
and led 36-32 at halftime.
SNHU held a 39-36 rebounding
advantage but Assumption outrebounded the Penmen on the offensive
glass 15-9. The Greyhounds were just 10-20 at the free throw
line and 2-10 behind the arc, but forced 24 SNHU turnovers.
SNHU returns to action Tuesday
night when it travels to The College of Saint Rose for a 5:30
contest in Albany, NY.
