St. Joe's Soars Past Nighthawks, 101-64

STANDISH, ME - Saint Joseph's College hosted Newbury College in non-conference action on Tuesday night and defeated the Nighthawks, 101-64. St. Joe's featured four players with double-digit point totals and was led offensively by SO Carolyn Freeman (Scarborough, ME), who scored 23 points and also grabbed 11 boards in the win. Sophomore guard Rashawna Wynn (Baltimore, MD) led Newbury College with 20 points. Saint Joseph's College improves to 7-3 while the Nighthawks fall to 1-9 on the season.

The last time the St. Joe's Women's Basketball team reached the century mark was February 23rd, 1995 when they defeated U-Maine Farmington 103-80 in a Maine Athletic Conference tournament game.

St. Joe's senior captain Megan Farrell (Abington, MA) nearly attained a double-double as she came off the bench to score 16 points, shooting 6-8 from the floor, and grabbed 9 rebounds. SO Meghan Daigle (Grantham, NH) and FY Erin Cartwright (Acton, MA) each scored 14 points in the SJC win. Daigle missed only one shot the entire game as she made 6-7 field goal attempts and was 2-2 from the charity stripe. FY Sarah Fournier (Jay, ME) provided a spark off the bench and dished out seven assists in the game.

St. Joe's out-rebounded the Nighthawks, 57-30, and shot 53.8% from the floor in the game.

The SJC Women host the University of New England Nor'easters in a non-conference game on Thursday, 1/12. Game time is 5:30 PM.