BOX SCORE

When and Where: November 27, 2016 – Rockville Centre, N.Y. (Quealy Gymnasium)
Score: Molloy College 68, Southern New Hampshire University 58
Records: Molloy 6-1, SNHU 3-3

Sophomore Kylie Lorenzen (Holliston, Mass.) scored 14 points, but the Southern New Hampshire University women's basketball team suffered a 68-58 defeat at the hands of Molloy College on Sunday afternoon at Quealy Gymnasium.

Lorenzen shot 4 of 15 from the floor and was a perfect 6 of 6 from the stripe, while grabbing six rebounds and recording a pair of steals.

Symone Kelly led all scorers with 20 points for the Lions.

Molloy scored the first five points of the contest and jumped out to a 13-2 lead just under seven minutes in on five points from Kamala Thompson. Southern New Hampshire scored eight straight later in the half as Lorenzen contributed five to slash the Penmen deficit to 16-12 with 18 seconds left in the opening quarter. A 3-pointer from Ihnacinse Grady as time expired, however, made it a seven-point game after one.

Another Grady 3 to begin the second-quarter scoring extended the Molloy lead to 10 at 22-12 just 1:36 in. The margin was 11 when an 8-2 run – with six points from freshman Molly Terry (Shrewsbury, Mass.) – trimmed the SNHU deficit to 29-24 with 2:44 to go before the break. Molloy would lead it, 33-28, at halftime.

After the Lions began the second half with a pair of free throws, a three-point play from Lorenzen and a layup from junior Jennifer Shelp (Apalachin, N.Y.) pulled the Penmen to within two at 35-33 with 6:14 remaining in the third quarter. An 8-2 run – with four points from Kelly – stretched the Molloy lead to 43-35 with 3:38 left before five straight from Southern New Hampshire made it 43-40 with just over a minute on the clock. Kelly completed a three-point play, however, with 45 seconds on the clock and Molloy took a 46-40 lead heading to the final frame.

A 6-2 spurt early in the fourth quarter cut the gap to 52-49 just four minutes in, but a 10-2 rush from Molloy gave it a 62-51 lead with 3:09 to go. A 7-0 counter-run – with four points from sophomore Brianna Camara (Fall River, Mass.) – made it a four-point game with just over a minute to play, but the Lions would score the final six points of the contest to put it away.

Freshman Amanda Kelly (Bethpage, N.Y.) netted a career-high nine points (4-6 FG, 1-1 FT), while Terry added eight points (3-5 FG, 1-2 3-FG, 1-1 FT). Shelp, Camara and junior Olivia Conrad (Hanover, Mass.) all chimed in with six points. Senior Sara Ryan (Quincy, Mass.) chipped in four points, five rebounds and three assists.

Notes:
-Molloy outshot Southern New Hampshire, 40.7 percent (24-59) to 37 percent (20-54), including 35.7 percent (5-14) to 8.3 percent (1-13) from deep.
-SNHU shot it well from the stripe, knocking down 17 of 20 (85%), while Molloy was just 15 of 28 (53.6%).
-The Lions won the glass (42-36), the paint (32-28) and featured a slightly better assist-to-turnover ratio (14/20-13/19), while turning those 19 giveaways into a 24-10 advantage in points off mistakes.

Up Next:
The Penmen return to action Wednesday, Nov. 30 (5:30 p.m.) when they take on Assumption College. The next home game for SNHU is Saturday, Dec. 3 (1:30 p.m.) when they play host to Bentley University in a game that will air live on NESNplus and NESN National at the Fieldhouse.

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