CHESTNUT HILL, MA - Megan McDevitt '12 (Cumberland, ME) sank four three-pointers and scored 16 to help Saint Joseph's (11-10, 4-4 GNAC) get past GNAC foe Pine Manor College (2-16, 0-7) on Wednesday evening. Meghan Daigle '10 (Grantham, NH) scored 13 points and Allison Miner '10 (Pembroke, NH) added 12 in the victory. Enjolee Phillips ‘11 (Hartford, CT) scored a game-high 17 points for Pine Manor.

Saint Joseph's was ahead 10-1 after Alysn Ludwig ‘09 (Waldoboro, ME) made a layup 5:40 into the contest and was up by a game-high 19 points, 26-7, seven minutes later after a Daigle basket.

The Gators managed to outscore the Lady Monks 18-8 for the remainder of the half and, after a steal and breakaway layup by Phillips, trailed by nine, 34-25, going into the break.

Kayla Boston ‘11 (North Berwick, ME) corralled a loose ball and made a layup to put St. Joe's up 40-27 2:39 into the second stanza, but the Gators followed with a 14-2 run and trailed by just one point, 42-41, with 11:33 to play. PMC forward Stacie Beauford ‘12 (Baltimore, MD) netted six points during the surge by the hosts.

A Phillips 19-footer three minutes later tied the contest for the first time since the opening tipoff, but Ashley Geel ‘12 (St. George, ME) answered with a three-pointer to retake the lead less than a minute later.

The Gators kept it a two-possession game for the following four minutes before capturing their first, and as it turned out, only lead of the contest when Amanda Dennis ‘09 (Haverhill, MA) hit a jumper to give the home team a 52-51 edge with 4:08 left.

St. Joe's regained the lead when Daigle made a pair of free throws on the next SJC possession and McDevitt drilled her fourth trey of the night 12 seconds later to lift her team to a 56-52 advantage with 3:29 remaining in regulation.

Down the stretch, Daigle made all four of her attempts from the line and Miner hit a jumper. Pine Manor stayed in it until the end and trailed 62-59 after Phillips hit a shot from downtown on the final Gators possession with six seconds left.

St. Joe's held a 39-32 advantage on the glass and produced 17 assists on 23 baskets in the victory. Pine Manor outshot the Lady Monks 44.8% to 37.1% from the field, but went just 6-11 from the charity stripe in the loss.

Meghan Daigle's streak of 28 consecutive free throws made ended when she missed her first attempt of the game at the 11:23 mark of the second half. She followed by making good on her next seven trips to the line to start a new streak.

For St. Joe's, Geel chipped in with six points and five boards, Ludwig had six assists and Boston grabbed four steals.

For Pine Manor, Paulette Wright ‘12 (Baltimore, MD) scored 15 points and Beauford netted 13 points.

Saint Joseph's will travel to West Hartford, CT on Saturday, February 7th to take on GNAC rival Saint Joseph College in a 1:00 PM contest, while Pine Manor will play at Mount Ida on Saturday at 1:00 PM.


Newspaper Box Score
Saint Joseph's College (Me.) vs Pine Manor College
2/4/2009 5:30 p.m. at Chestnut Hill, MA
At Chestnut Hill, MA
SAINT JOSEPH'S COLLEGE (ME.) 62, PINE MANOR COLLEGE 59
SAINT JOSEPH'S COLLEGE (ME.) (10-10 (3-4 GNAC))
Megan McDevitt 6-9 0-0 16; Meghan Daigle 3-9 7-8 13; Allison Miner 6-11 0-0
12; Ashley Geel 2-6 1-2 6; Alysn Ludwig 2-5 0-0 4; Kayla Boston 2-7 0-0 4;
Kayla Nowell 0-5 3-4 3; Andrea Enright 1-2 0-0 2; Casey Drake 1-4 0-0 2;
Sarah Fournier 0-3 0-0 0; Carolyn Freeman 0-1 0-0 0; Amelia Lamb 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 23-62 11-14 62.
PINE MANOR COLLEGE (2-15 (0-6 GNAC))
Enjolee Phillips 7-19 2-3 17; Paulette Wright 7-11 1-2 15; Stacie Beauford
5-11 3-4 13; Jammy Torres 3-4 0-1 6; Amanda Dennis 3-8 0-1 6; Michelle
Campbell 1-4 0-0 2; Angeline Capre 0-1 0-0 0; Jataiya Alexander 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 26-58 6-11 59.
Saint Joseph's College (Me.).. 34 28 - 62
Pine Manor College............ 25 34 - 59
3-point goals--Saint Joseph's College (Me.) 5-14 (Megan McDevitt 4-7; Ashley
Geel 1-2; Kayla Boston 0-1; Sarah Fournier 0-3; Meghan Daigle 0-1), Pine
Manor College 1-7 (Enjolee Phillips 1-3; Stacie Beauford 0-1; Jammy Torres
0-1; Amanda Dennis 0-2). Fouled out--Saint Joseph's College (Me.)-None, Pine
Manor College-None. Rebounds--Saint Joseph's College (Me.) 39 (Allison Miner
7), Pine Manor College 31 (Amanda Dennis 6; Michelle Campbell 6).
Assists--Saint Joseph's College (Me.) 17 (Alysn Ludwig 6), Pine Manor
College 7 (Stacie Beauford 3). Total fouls--Saint Joseph's College (Me.) 13,
Pine Manor College 13. Technical fouls--Saint Joseph's College (Me.)-None,
Pine Manor College-None. A-64