STANDISH, ME - The Saint Joseph's College Women's Basketball
team defeated GNAC opponent Mount Ida College on Saturday
afternoon, 83-63. St. Joe's now has a perfect 3-0 GNAC record and
is 10-4 overall. SO Carolyn
Freeman (Scarborough, ME) scored a season and
game-high 25 points and made 6 three-pointers in the win.
St. Joe's scored 10 of their first 12 points off a 10-10 free throw
shooting performance in the first 5 minutes of the contest. SO
Meghan Daigle (Grantham, NH) made
all six of her FT attempts to help SJC stake a 12-5 lead.
SR Megan Farrell (Abington, MA)
grabbed an offensive board and made a jump shot to put the Monks up
23-11 with eight minutes on the clock in the first half. JR
Alysn Ludwig (Waldoboro, ME) hit
a jumper to put her team up by 17, 35-18, with three minutes
remaining in the half before the Mustangs managed to go on a 10-1
run to come within 8 points of the lead. Freeman
nailed a 3-pointer and Farrell sank 2 free throw
shots to make the score 40-28 going into the break. The St. Joe's
defense pressured the Mustangs into making 17 turnovers in the
first half. Defensive wizard Alysn
Ludwig grabbed 3 steals in the opening half.
Mount Ida scored 7 quick points early in the second half,
highlighted by 4 points and solid play from sophomore forward
Cherie Parisi (South Attleboro, MA), to lessen the SJC lead to 6
points with 17 minutes left to play. This was as close as the
Mustangs would get to St. Joe's in the contest.
St. Joe's forward Megan Farrell
grabbed 9 rebounds and scored 15 points. The Abington, MA native
was 4-6 from the field and 7-8 from the charity stripe in the game.
SO Allison Miner (Pembroke, NH)
grabbed 7 rebounds and scored 9 points and Meghan
Daigle added 8 points and 6 boards in the victory.
FY Kayla Boston (North Berwick,
ME) provided a spark off the bench with 5 rebounds and 3 steals in
12 minutes of play. Ludwig chipped in with 7 rebounds and 7 points
off a 5-7 free throw shooting performance.
For the Mustangs, SR Crystal Burgess (Lowell, MA) scored 22 points
and Cherie Parisi has 18 points.
SJC shot 75% (27-36) from the free throw line and out-rebounded the
Mustangs by a 53-36 margin.
St. Joe's will play a GNAC contest at Emmanuel College on Monday,
1/21 at 1:00 PM.
