Women's Basketball Falls to Manhattanville in Season Opener
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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St. Joseph's (L.I.) (0-1) | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 37 | |
Manhattanville (2-0) | 21 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 65 |
St. Joseph's (L.I.)
Manhattanville
Game Statistics | St. Joseph's (L.I.) | Manhattanville |
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Field Goals | (15-50) | (28-67) |
Field Goal % | 30.0% | 41.8% |
Rebounds | 42 | 41 |
Assists | 9 | 18 |
Turnovers | 32 | 13 |
Pts off Turnovers | 7 | 36 |
2nd Chance Pts | 6 | 9 |
Pts in the Paint | 22 | 50 |
Fastbreak Pts | 0 | 20 |
Bench Pts | 8 | 14 |
Purchase, NY| The St. Joseph's College women's basketball team took a 65-37 loss to Manhattanville College in its 2018-19 season opener Saturday afternoon.
Junior Cailee Greco paced the Golden Eagles with 10 points on 5-for-9 shooting while grabbing nine rebounds. Senior Alicia Indence and freshman Alyssa Signor finished with eight points apiece with junior Juliana Cintron-Leonardo pitching in with six points off the bench. The forward also recorded a team-best 10 boards with two assists.
Kayleah McGuire led the Valiants with 18 points with Sarah Coutu adding 17 points with five assists and four steals.
After trailing 46-18 through the first half, SJC held Manhattanville to just seven points in the third quarter moving the score to 53-27.
The Valiants went on to outscore the Golden Eagles 12-10 in the fourth frame to capture the 65-37 win.
Manhattanville led wire-to-wire shooting 41.8% from the field while holding SJC to 30%. The Valiants were also dominant in the paint outscoring the Golden Eagles 50-22.
St. Joseph's returns to action on Friday, November 16 when they face Hunter College on day one of the Hunter College Tip-Off Tournament at 5:00 pm.