BOSTON – A strong second half outing by the Saint Joseph's College Monks women's basketball team led them to a 76-52 victory over the Emmanuel Saints on Wednesday evening on
Andy Yosinoff Court in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play.
The win for the Monks moves them to 16-6 (9-2 GNAC), keeping them in contention for a top-two spot in the GNAC standings. The loss drops the Saints to 11-11 (6-5 GNAC), as they sit in seventh in the GNAC standings with three games to go.
A 35-33 Emmanuel lead at the break was quickly erased as the first seven points of the third quarter belonged to the Monks, giving them a 40-35 lead and an advantage they wouldn't surrender for the remainder of regulation.
Following a
Lia Krumian layup to cut the Saints deficit to three, Saint Joseph's College used a 16-4 run over a 4:14 span to expand their lead to 56-41. Five different Monks scored in the run, led by seven points on 3-of-3 shooting for graduate
Angelica Hurley.
Saint Joseph's led by 11 heading to the fourth before opening up a 21-point advantage, thanks to scoring the first 10 points of the fourth quarter in a span of 2:39, for a 66-45 lead. SJC led by as many as 27 down the stretch in the Monks 76-52 win.
In total, the Monks outscored the Saints 43-17 in the second half while shooting 17-of-30 from the field, including a red-hot 7-for-11 from beyond the arc. The 24-point win is the largest margin of victory for the Monks in the history of the series and is the largest margin of victory for either team since the Saints won by 41 in a game on Feb. 15, 2020.
Hurley finished the night with a game-high 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including 5-for-8 from beyond the arc. Junior
Grace Ramsdell added 18 points and 12 rebounds for the game's only double-double while junior
Elisabeth Staplefeld chipped in with 16 points on 7-for-9 from the field.
Saints senior
Desiree Robinson finished with a team-high 14 points, shooting 5-of-8 on the night. Krumian and fellow first-year
Jordan Whitehead each scored nine points on 4-of-7 and 4-for-9 shooting, respectively.
The Saints travel to Colby-Sawyer on Saturday, Feb. 15, for a 1:00 p.m. game in GNAC play. The Monks make the trip to Mitchell on Saturday afternoon for GNAC action against the Mariners.