Women's Basketball Falls to Farmingdale In Skyline Conference Tilt
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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St. Joseph's (L.I.) (5-13, 4-7 SKY) | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
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Farmingdale State (9-7, 7-3 SKY) | 17 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 70 |
Written by Joshua Soto (SJC-LI Sports Information)
Farmingdale, NY | The St. Joseph's College (L.I.) women's basketball team was defeated by Farmingdale St., 70-28, in a Skyline Conference matchup on Wednesday afternoon. With the loss, the Golden Eagles slip to 5-12 (4-7 Skyline) while the Rams improve to 8-7 (6-3 Skyline).
AJ Smith began the second with a made layup that spearheaded an 11-1 run into the 3:41 mark to give the Rams a 28-10 lead. The two sides then exchanged baskets before Farmingdale headed into break with a 20-point lead.
Farmingdale came out the gates with the hot hand in the third taking another 10-2 run to the midway point of the third for the 28-point lead (43-15). Alicia Indence iced the run with a made three-pointer but the Rams answered back with three consecutive baskets from behind the arc, before exiting the third with a commanding 33-point lead (54-21).
Down 57-28 halfway through the final quarter, Tyra Harrison's three-pointer surged a 10-point run until the final seconds of the game to down the Golden Eagles 70-28.
Indence led the in scoring with nine points in addition to adding four rebounds. Mellor tallied eight points and collected four rebounds.
The Golden Eagles shot just 16.1% from the field compared to the Rams' 36.5%. The Rams also held advantages in rebounds (57-47) and assists (19-5).
The Golden Eagles return home to the Danzi Center Saturday, January 28 when they host Mount St. Mary at 1:00pm. Live stats will be available here.
