Women's Basketball

SJC Comeback Falls Short at Cal Lutheran

SJC Comeback Falls Short at Cal Lutheran

Game Leaders

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Pts: Grace Ramsdell - 21
Reb: Grace Ramsdell - 11
Ast: Angelica Hurley - 3
Cal Lutheran
Pts: Alline Ballard - 29
Reb: Alline Ballard - 12
Ast: Janna Holley - 6

Team Stats

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Cal Lutheran

Field Goals

(25-54)
(26-68)

Field Goal %

46.3%
38.2%

Rebounds

34
36

Assists

9
17

Turnovers

22
11

Pts off Turnovers

12
16

2nd Chance Pts

9
21

Pts in the Paint

38
36

Fastbreak Pts

0
4

Bench Pts

11
11
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Posted: Dec 30, 2023

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – California Lutheran University (7-4) topped Saint Joseph's College (6-6), 72-66, in a non-conference women's basketball game on Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The host Regals started the contest with nine unanswered points with three different players hitting shots from downtown in the opening 90 seconds and led by a game-high 17 points (21-4) after Alline Ballard made a layup with 2:16 left in the first quarter.

Trailing 28-12 at the 8:54 mark of the second stanza, the Monks netted nine straight points to climb back into the game and faced a 38-30 deficit going into intermission.

The Monks played much better coming out of the break and proceeded to secure their first lead of the game with 2:10 left in the penultimate period, when sophomore Maddie Lebel (Hermon, Maine) nailed a pair of free throws to lift SJC to a 47-46 edge. Senior Angelica Hurley (Groveland, Mass.) capped the third quarter scoring when she made a three-pointer with 47 seconds to give the Royal Blue a 50-48 advantage.

The Monks extended their lead to five points (55-50) when sophomore Grace Ramsdell (Wells, Maine) connected on a three with 8:37 left in the fourth, but the Regals rallied with a 16-6 run – which included eight points from Ballard - over the following five minutes to reclaim the lead for good.

STATS OF THE GAME:

Cal Lutheran netted 16 points off 22 Saint Joseph's turnovers and shot 78.9% (15-19) from the free throw line to earn their seventh-consecutive victory.

LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:

  • Ramsdell registered a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds
  • Hurley scored 13 points with nine boards and three assists
  • Sophomore Elisabeth Stapelfeld (Brookline, N.H.) was 6-for-6 from the floor with 12 points and three rebounds

LEADERS – CAL LUTHERAN:

  • Ballard led all players with 29 points and 12 rebounds while blocking three shots and dishing out a pair of assists
  • Sara Mills scored 15 points with four steals
  • Kaiya Mack tallied 10 points, six rebounds, and six assists

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will host Colby-Sawyer College in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) contest on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 1:00 PM.

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

 

 

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