RAPID REACTION WITH HEAD COACH KAREN PINKOS | HIGHLIGHTS

When and Where: December 14, 2019 – Manchester, N.H. (Stan Spirou Field House)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 74, Goldey-Beacom College 69
Records: SNHU 8-3, GBC 0-7

Senior Molly Terry (Shrewsbury, Mass.) scored a team-best 17 points and freshman Ariana Koivisto (Pomfret, Conn.) added a career-best 15, as the Southern New Hampshire University women's basketball team secured a 74-69 victory against a scrappy Goldey-Beacom College team on Saturday afternoon at the Stan Spirou Field House.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Terry – 17 points (5-13 FG, 3-8 3-FG, 4-4 FT), 3 rebounds, 2 steals
• Koivisto – 15 points (4-7 FG, 2-3 3-FG, 5-8 FT), 2 rebounds, 2 steals
• Sophomore Jenna Roche (Braintree, Mass.) – 12 points (5-11 FG, 2-3 FT), 4 rebounds, 4 assists
• Senior Victoria Dean (Plymouth, Mass.) – 9 points (4-12 FG, 1-5 3-FG), career-high 12 rebounds
• Senior Karlee Ziliak (Evansville, Ind.) – 8 points (3-7 FG, 2-3 FT), 6 assists, 5 rebounds
• Junior Gyanna Russell (E. Hampton, Conn.) – 8 points (2-10 FG, 4-4 FT), 8 rebounds
• Junior Sarah Deyo (Attleboro, Mass.) – 5 points (2-7 FG, 1-2 FT), career-high 14 rebounds (9 offensive)

KEY MOMENTS

• The score was tied, 46-46, with just over four minutes to play in the third quarter, when Southern New Hampshire used an 11-2 run - with four points from Dean and three from Terry - to open its largest lead of the contest at 57-48 with 1:42 remaining in the stanza.
• Goldey-Beacom fought back to make it a one-point game just over three minutes into the final frame, but eight straight for the Penmen - highlighted by a Terry triple - matched that biggest lead at 68-59 with 3:42 to go. The Lightning would get as close as four, but Koivisto went 3-for-4 from the line over the final 18 seconds to seal it.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Amanda McGrogan led all scorers with 25 points (11-20 FG, 3-5 3-FG), including the 1,000th of her career.
• The Lightning outshot the Penmen, 46.9 percent (30-64) to 37.3 percent (25-67), including 34.8 percent (8-23) to 30 percent (6-20) from behind the arc.
• Southern New Hampshire cleaned up from the stripe, going plus-17, as it outshot GBC, 75 percent (18-24) to 33.3 percent (1-3).
• The Penmen owned the glass (51-27), including 20-3 on the offensive end, and collected more second chance points (12-4) and fast break points (22-4), while the Lightning narrowly captured the paint (38-6), gathered more points off turnovers (18-6), and turned in a better assist-to-turnover ratio (14/14-14/17).

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire has now won four straight.
• SNHU improves to 1-1 in the all-time series versus Goldey-Beacom.
• Roche, who has notched three of her five double-digit scoring efforts this season in the last four games, is averaging 11.3 points per game during that stretch.
• Koivisto had not reached double figures since scoring 11 on opening day before exploding for the career-high 15.
• In both reaching career bests on the glass, Deyo and Dean nearly single-handedly outrebounded Goldey-Beacom (26-27).

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Saturday, Dec. 21 (1:30 p.m.) when they take on Bentley University.
• The next home contest for SNHU is Sunday, Jan. 5 (1:30) when it plays host to Stonehill College at the Stan Spirou Field House. The game will air on WGIR 610-AM.

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