BOSTON, MA - Suffolk University (8-4, 2-0 GNAC) defeated visiting Saint Joseph's (7-8, 0-2) on Thursday evening in a GNAC contest, 75-48. Meghan Daigle '10 (Grantham, MA) made all 12 of her free-throw attempts and scored a team-high 20 points in the losing effort. Suffolk's Julianne Conrad ‘12 (West Bridgewater, MA) tallied a double-double with 23 points and 12 rebounds, both game-highs.

Lady Monks guard Carolyn Freeman ‘10 (Scarborough, ME/McAuley) enjoyed a solid night as well, with 17 points off a four of five effort from three-point range.

The first half was a seesaw battle, as the lead changed hands three times and the contest was tied on six occasions.

St. Joe's jumped out to an early advantage, and led 7-0 after Freeman drained her first trey of the game 2:44 into the contest, but the Rams posted a 10-0 run to gain the lead with 14:09 to play in the opening half.

In the following six minutes, St. Joe's mounted an 11-5 surge to retake the lead, 18-15. Daigle scored eight straight points for the Lady Monks and Freeman connected on a three-pointer at the 7:39 mark to provide her team with a three point cushion.

For the next five minutes, Suffolk maintained a slim lead of no more than five points. With 2:28 to play in the half, Suffolk guard Emily Duquette ‘09 (Harrisville, RI) converted a three-point play to lift her team to a 35-27 advantage and the Rams took an eight-point edge, 39-31, into intermission.

St. Joe's cut the Suffolk lead to 44-39 after Freeman hit a freebie to finish off a three point play with 16:01 left in the contest. But the Rams, who shot 53.8% (14-26) in the second stanza, outscored the Lady Monks by a 27-3 margin in the next 10 minutes of play en route to securing a 75-48 conference win.

Bolstered by Daigle's performance from the charity stripe, St. Joe's went 20-22 on freebies but couldn't get the shots from the field to fall. The Lady Monks shot 22.6% (12-53) from the floor in the game and, to make matters worse, were outrebounded 50-27. The Rams grabbed 36 defensive caroms, against eight offensive boards by the Royal Blue, in the contest.

For Saint Joseph's, Daigle contributed on the defensive end with five steals, Casey Drake ‘11 (Lebanon, NH) dealt four assists and Kayla Nowell ‘11 (Bridgton, ME) was 3-4 from the charity stripe and pilfered three loose balls in the loss.

For Suffolk, Kerry Bowman ‘09 (Guilford, CT) scored 19 points and Meghan Tracey ‘09 (Rehoboth, MA) posted a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Saint Joseph's will travel to Mount Ida on Saturday, January 17th to take on the Mustangs in a conference contest that is slated to begin at 1:00 PM. The Rams travel to New Hampshire Saturday afternoon when they take on Rivier at 3:00 PM.

Newspaper Box Score
St. Joseph's (Me.) vs Suffolk
01/15/09 7:00 pm at Regan Gymnasium
At Regan Gymnasium
SUFFOLK 75, ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.) 48
ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.) (7-8 (0-2 GNAC))
Meghan Daigle 4-10 12-12 20; Carolyn Freeman 5-10 3-3 17; Kayla Nowell 0-2
3-4 3; Andrea Enright 1-1 0-1 2; Allison Miner 1-2 0-0 2; Casey Drake 0-7
2-2 2; Alysn Ludwig 1-9 0-0 2; Sarah Fournier 0-2 0-0 0; Ashley Geel 0-3 0-0
0; Megan McDevitt 0-3 0-0 0; Kayla Boston 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 12-53 20-22 48.
SUFFOLK (8-4 (2-0 GNAC))
Julianne Conrad 9-16 1-1 23; Kerry Bowman 5-11 8-10 19; Meghan Tracey 5-10
1-2 11; Emily Duquette 3-9 2-4 8; Meghan Black 1-2 4-4 6; Kristina Hayner
2-2 0-0 5; Amanda Levasseur 1-2 0-0 3; Andorra Salaices 0-2 0-0 0; Laura
Thompson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-55 16-21 75.
St. Joseph's (Me.)............ 31 17 - 48
Suffolk....................... 39 36 - 75
3-point goals--St. Joseph's (Me.) 4-15 (Carolyn Freeman 4-5; Kayla Nowell
0-2; Casey Drake 0-1; Sarah Fournier 0-1; Megan McDevitt 0-3; Kayla Boston
0-1; Meghan Daigle 0-2), Suffolk 7-10 (Julianne Conrad 4-7; Amanda Levasseur
1-1; Kristina Hayner 1-1; Kerry Bowman 1-1). Fouled out--St. Joseph's
(Me.)-None, Suffolk-None. Rebounds--St. Joseph's (Me.) 27 (Allison Miner 4),
Suffolk 50 (Julianne Conrad 12). Assists--St. Joseph's (Me.) 10 (Casey Drake
4), Suffolk 17 (Meghan Tracey 3; Meghan Black 3; Kerry Bowman 3; Andorra
Salaices 3). Total fouls--St. Joseph's (Me.) 18, Suffolk 20. Technical
fouls--St. Joseph's (Me.)-None, Suffolk-None. A-82