Women's Basketball Rammed by Farmingdale, 58-51

Patchogue, N.Y. - St. Joseph's women's basketball team (4-12, 2-3 Skyline) suffered their third consecutive loss of the season against the Farmingdale Rams (8-8, 4-0 Skyline) who are still unbeaten in the Skyline Conference after taking down the Golden Eagles, 58-51, Wednesday night at the Danzi Center.

Golden Eagle Jackie Zizzo (Bethpage, N.Y./ Bethpage) scored the first points for SJC starting the game 2-2 hitting from inside and outside of the arc to lift SJC 5-2 over the Rams. Farmingdale responded strongly to St. Joseph's opening scores by going on a 13-0 run.

Guard Claire Brady (Center Moriches, N.Y./ Center Moriches) regenerated the Golden Eagles by successfully landing a three-pointer followed by a converted "and-one," that was later followed up by a Rynese Smith (Greenpoint, N.Y. / Bellport) lay-up that cut the Rams lead to four at 7:03. 

Farmingdale outscored the Eagles 12-5 to finish the half with a lead of 31-20 going into intermission.

St. Joseph's had a late start in the second being held to no points until five minutes into the second period when forward Andrea Iavarone (Miller Place, N.Y./ Miller Place) scored on a lay-up.

With 10:22 remaining in the second, the Lady Golden Eagles were down 48-39, but they were able to turn it around after shooting astonishingly from deep range.  Smith hit back-to-back three-pointers,  Zizzo hit from deep, and Brady drained from far range to cut the deficit to six. 

The Rams were able to stop the Golden Eagle comeback by hitting game-sealing free throws to ice the tilt.

On the night, Zizzo scored the most points for SJC accumulating 13 off 5-for-14 shooting, Iavarone tallied 11 points while taking down six rebounds, and Smith recorded 11 points and six boards before fouling out with four minutes left in the game.

Brady supplied good effort off the bench scoring nine points, gathering five missed shots, getting two assists, and forcing three steals.

St. Joseph's next contest will be on the road this Saturday against Skyline Conference challenger Mount Saint Vincent (12-3, 3-1 Skyline) in Riverdale, N.Y. at 5:30 p.m.