BOX SCORE
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Bethany Tighe led all scorers with 24
points as No. 5 Stonehill College edged upset-minded Southern New
Hampshire University 79-77 in Northeast-10 women's basketball
Sunday afternoon at the SNHU Fieldhouse. The Skyhawks improve
to 5-1 and 3-1 in the NE-10, while the Penmen are now 2-2 and 1-2
in the league.
Tighe finished 9-11 from the floor
and led three Stonehill players in double figures while also
handing out five assists. Emily Rousseau went 13-14 at the
free throw line and finished with 19 points and four assists for
the Skyhawks, while Kelsey Simonds was 7-13 from the floor and
finished with 15 points and seven rebounds.
Julia Houghtaling
(Franconia, NH) led Southern New Hampshire with 20 points on 6-10
shooting and 8-10 shooting from the free throw line.
Ashara Carrington (Marblehead, MA) finished with a
career-best 18 points while also grabbing four rebounds for the
Penmen, while Christine Duffy (South Boston, MA)
drained three three-pointers and added nine points.
Megan Smith (Smithfield, ME) also added nine
points for SNHU.
SNHU trailed 69-59 with just over
four minutes to play but chipped away at the Stonehill lead and got
it down to four, 73-69, with 1:04 left on a pair of free throws by
Stephanie Houghton (Manchester, NH). The
Skyhawks reclaimed an eight-point lead following four straight
points by Rousseau, but the Penmen would again chip away and get it
down to four with nine seconds left on a basket by
Carrington. Simonds would get fouled and make 1-of-2 at the
line with 8.9 seconds left. Duffy drained an NBA-range three
at the buzzer to account for the final.
Stonehill outscored SNHU 12-5 over
the first four minutes of the second half to take a 46-38 lead on a
layup by Tighe with 15:56 left. The Skyhawks would push the
lead to 53-43 with 10:11 left on another Tighe basket. The
Penmen cut it to four, 61-57, with 5:45 on the clock on a layup by
Houghtaling, but Stonehill responded with six straight points to
make it 67-57 with 4:40 to go.
The Penmen used an early 14-2 run
to take a 16-6 lead with 11:27 left in the first half following a
fast-break layup by Smith. Stonehill responded by scoring 12
unanswered points in a span of 3:56 to take a 20-18 lead with 6:05
before halftime on an Erin Gray layup. The two teams would
then trade the lead 14 times over the final six minutes, with
neither side claiming more than a one point advantage. The
Skyhawks would take a 34-33 lead into halftime when Emily Rousseau
converted a pair of free throws with seven seconds on the clock.
Stonehill shot 50% (15-30) over the
final 20 minutes and 49.1% for the game, while the Penmen shot
44.6% for the game. The Skyhawks were 18-22 at the free throw
line while SNHU converted 22 of its 29 free throw attempts.
The Penmen held a 34-31 rebounding advantage.
The SNHU women's basketball team
returns to action Wednesday night when it travels to Saint
Michael's College for a 5:30 contest.
