STANDISH, ME - After trailing by eight points at the break St. Joe's mounted a comeback bid by shooting 47% from the floor and outscoring the Norwich University Cadets, 35-32 in the second half. JR Alysn Ludwig (Waldoboro, ME) led the Royal Blue with 14 points and 9 rebounds in the loss. St. Joe's record stands at 15-8 overall and 8-4 in GNAC play. Norwich improves 9-13 overall and 8-3 in GNAC contests.

SJC struck first when FY Erin Cartwright (Acton, MA) made a jumper on the team's first possession of the game. Norwich followed by scoring on 5 of the team's first 7 trips downcourt and held a 10-2 lead six minutes into the game.

The Norwich shooters made 48% of their shots in the opening half to stake a 30-22 lead going into the break.

Saint Joseph's cut the Cadets lead to three points after Cartwright hit a jumpshot with four minutes remaining in the second half, but Norwich converted 9 of 10 free throw attempts in the remaining minutes to keep the St. Joe's offense at bay and come away with the victory.

SO Meghan Daigle (Grantham, NH) tallied 12 points and 5 rebounds and Erin Cartwright added 9 points and 2 steals in the SJC loss. FY Casey Drake (Lebanon, NH) netted 7 points in the afternoon contest.

For the Cadets, junior guard Kayleigh Shappy (Burlington, VT) led the way with 14 points and was a perfect 8-8 from the charity stripe in the game. Sophomore forward Jess Jaggars (Vergennes, VT) tallied a double-double in the victory with 11 points and 12 boards.

St. Joe's will play their final reguar season game on Saturday, 2/23 when they play host to conference counterpart Rivier College for a 1:00 PM tip-off. Norwich is slated to play host to GNAC foe Rivier College on Thursday, 2/21 at 7:00 PM.