Women's Basketball Topples St. Joseph's Brooklyn, 59-47, Advances to Next Round Skyline Playoffs

Written By Julia Ruocchio

When and Where:

February 21, 2023 - Patchogue, NY

Records:

St. Joseph's (L.I.), 1-0

St. Joseph's (BK), 0-1

Results:

The St. Joseph's University (L.I.) women's basketball earned a 59-47 win over St. Joseph's University (BK) in the first round of the Skyline Conference Playoffs at the Danzi Center on Tuesday evening.

Top performers:

• Three Golden Eagles finished in double-digits, with Junior Lanyah Ford leading the way with a 14-point, 11-rebound performance for a double-double

• Senior Alyssa Adomaites recorded a double-double of her own, scoring 11 points with 10 rebounds. She added a game-high seven assists

• Senior Julianna Knice went 4-for-8 from three-point range and scored 12 points with seven rebounds for St. Joseph's-L.I.

• St. Joseph's-BK was led by Destiny Hurt, who scored a game-high 18 points off the bench with nine rebounds

• Emma Kiley recorded a double-double for the Bears, as she scored 10 points with a game-high 16 rebounds and three steals

How it happened:

• The game was tied at three about three minutes into the game, then the Golden Eagles scored five straight points to take an 8-3 lead on a three for Knice

• The hosts proceeded to go ahead 12-5 on a layup for Senior Catherine Siounis after a steal for Adomaites, then they led by seven again with 53 seconds remaining on a jump shot for Ford (16-9). St. Joseph's-L.I. finished the first quarter up by five (16-11)

• The two sides exchanged three-point baskets to begin the second quarter, then a pair of baskets for Sophomore Hannah Greene put the Golden Eagles ahead 23-17

• St. Joseph's-BK responded with a 6-0 run to tie the game at 23 on a basket for Kiley at the 6:03 mark. Hurt scored four of those six points for the Bears

• St. Joseph's-L.I. scored the next four points to go back up 27-23, then the Bears responded with four points of their own to tie the game again at 27

• A jump shot for Siounis put the hosts back ahead, then Sophomore Isabella Sierra's jump shot with just seconds left in the quarter extended the lead to four (31-27) to finish the first half of play

• The Bears scored seven of the first 10 points to begin the third quarter, with Kiley's basket at the 7:57 mark tying the game at 34

• About 40 seconds later, Kiley gave the visitors a 36-34 lead with a layup

• Knice put the Golden Eagles back in front with a three-pointer at the 5:52 mark, giving the hosts a 37-36 advantage

• The Bears went back up 38-37 on a Hurt layup, then Ford's three-point play at the 3:22 mark gave the hosts a 40-38 lead before SJBK tied the game at 40 one minute later on another basket for Hurt

• Adomaites put SJLI back ahead 42-40 with a jump shot with 2:04 on the clock

• After a Ford layup, Greene's jump shot at the buzzer gave the hosts a six-point lead going into the final frame (46-40)

• Knice and Ford each made three-point shots early in the quarter to spark a 13-2 run, with Ford's three extending the Golden Eagles' lead to double-digits (52-42)

• St. Joseph's-L.I. then scored seven unanswered points to go ahead 59-42 at the 4:26 mark on a layup for Adomaites, which was their largest lead of the night (17 points)

• SJBK scored the final five points of the game, but St. Joseph's-L.I. held on for a 59-47 victory to advance to the next round of the Skyline Conference Playoffs

Notes:

• St. Joseph's-L.I. shot 30.7% from the field and 22.7% from three-point range

• The Bears were limited to a 26.9% shooting percentage and shot just 15.4% from beyond the arc

• The Golden Eagles went 8-for-13 on free throws (61.5%), while St. Joseph's-BK shot 7-for-12 on free throws (58.3%)

• SJLI held the advantage in rebounds (54-50) and points in the paint (24-16)

• The Bears had 18 bench points, all of which were scored by Hurt

• The Golden Eagles limited the Bears to just seven points in the fourth quarter

• There were six lead changes and five ties in the contest, but the Bears never led by more than two points

The Golden Eagles play their next playoff game on Thursday, February 23 at 7:00 pm, as they travel to take on USMMA in the Skyline tournament semifinal match-up.