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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Stacy Boisvert finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead American International College to a 59-55 Northeast-10 women's basketball victory over Southern New Hampshire University at Butova Gymnasium Tuesday night.  The Yellow Jackets won their fourth in a row to improve to 14-7 overall and 9-4 in the NE-10, while the Penmen are 10-7 and 5-7 in the league.

Boisvert led three AIC players in double figures.  Laechia Conley also recorded 16 points and seven assists off the bench, while Jeannette Jonathan drained a pair of three pointers and totaled 12 points.

Alyssa Whitney (Somerville, MA) paced Southern New Hampshire with 12 points, going 5-6 from the floor, while Julia Houghtaling (Franconia, NH) recorded 11 points.  Megan Smith (Smithfield, ME) added 10 points off the bench while Ashara Carrington (Marblehead, MA) notched seven points and six rebounds.

In a second half that saw six lead changes and three ties, neither side led by more than four points, American International used a 6-0 spurt to take a eight point lead, 57-49, with 1:57 left on a pair of free throws by Conley.  The Penmen would score the game's next six points, and back-to-back baskets by Smith at 59 seconds and Whitney with 35 seconds left cut the lead to two, 57-55.

Whitney would foul Conley with 16 seconds left, but Conley would miss the front end of the one-and-one and Houghtaling would grab the rebound.  After calling a timeout with just over 10 seconds left, SNHU would turn the ball over and was forced to foul.  Jonathan would sink a pair at the line to seal the win for AIC.

Southern New Hampshire led much of the first half, scoring the game's first five points and using a 9-0 run capped by a basket by Smith at the eight-minute mark to take a 21-13 lead, its largest of the game.  The Yellow Jackets countered with seven straight points, with Boisvert's basket with 5:52 left before halftime making it a 21-20 game.  AIC scored the last five points of the frame and a basket by Conley with two seconds left gave the hosts a 29-25 lead at halftime.

Southern New Hampshire held American International to 37.7% from the floor while shooting 45.8% for the game and also outrebounded the Yellow Jackets 38-34.  The Penmen were hurt by 26 turnovers, including 15 in the first half.

SNHU returns to action Saturday when it hosts Pace University in a 1:30 contest at the SNHU Fieldhouse.