Women's Basketball

Dominant Second Half Pushes Monks Past Chargers, 73-52

Dominant Second Half Pushes Monks Past Chargers, 73-52

Game Leaders

Colby-Sawyer
Pts: 3 Players (#04, #10, #23) - 11
Reb: Courtney Brewster - 6
Ast: 3 Players (#04, #23, #24) - 2
Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Pts: Nina Howe - 17
Reb: 3 Players (#20, #24, #33) - 7
Ast: Angelica Hurley - 6

Team Stats

Colby-Sawyer
Saint Joseph's (Me.)

Field Goals

(17-52)
(26-62)

Field Goal %

32.7%
41.9%

Rebounds

26
44

Assists

11
17

Turnovers

18
12

Pts off Turnovers

9
18

2nd Chance Pts

2
13

Pts in the Paint

16
38

Fastbreak Pts

5
10

Bench Pts

27
20
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Posted: Jan 06, 2024

PHOT CREDIT: Dylan VonderHaar '26

STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College (7-6, 3-0 GNAC) upended Colby-Sawyer College (3-9, 0-2 GNAC), 73-52, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) women's basketball contest on Mike McDevitt Court at the Harold Alfond Center on Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Monks faced a 14-12 deficit after the first quarter and carried a 27-26 edge into halftime after enduring four ties and six lead changes in the second stanza. Sophomore forward Grace Ramsdell (Wells, Maine) led all first-half scorers with 11 points while junior forward Courtney Brewster (Castleton, Vt.) paced the Chargers with nine points in the opening 20 minutes.

The conference rivals played through a pair of tie scores in the third period before the hosts capped the penultimate frame with a 7-1 run to stake a 50-44 advantage heading into the final stanza.

As it played out, the scoring burst was just the start of a much larger 29-1 outburst that ended with a Maddie Russell (Oakland, Maine) layup and the hosts holding a game-high 26-point (72-46) cushion with 3:14 on the clock.

Saint Joseph's outscored Colby-Sawyer by a 46-18 margin while shooting 48.5% (16-33) from the field in the second half.

STATS OF THE GAME:

The Monks held the lead in points in the paint (38-16), second chance points (13-2), and points off turnovers (18-9) in the triumph.

LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:

  • Ramsdell led all players with 16 points on 7-for-11 shooting while pulling down seven rebounds
  • Senior guard Nina Howe (York, Maine) netted 15 points with four assists, three boards, and a pair of steals
  • Senior guard Angelica Hurley (Groveland, Mass.) added 12 points, seven caroms, five assists, and a pair of steals
  • Russell came off the bench to score nine points with five rebounds

LEADERS – COLBY-SAWYER:

  • Brewster tallied 11 points and six rebounds
  • Junior guard Marissa Holt (Alfred, Maine) chipped in with 11 points, four boards, and a pair of assists
  • Junior guard Gabby Lucertini (Branford, Conn.) scored 11 points with two rebounds and two assists

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

With the victory, Saint Joseph's improves to 10-1 in the history of the series with Colby-Sawyer College and has now defeated the Chargers in nine consecutive meetings.

NEXT!

The Monks will play at Johnson & Wales University on Wednesday in a GNAC matchup starting at 5:30 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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