When and Where: December 4, 2019 – Colchester, Vt. (Ross Sports Center)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 69, Saint Michael's College 57
Records: SNHU 6-3 (1-2 NE10), SMC 4-3 (0-3 NE10)

Seniors Karlee Ziliak (Evansville, Ind.) and Molly Terry (Shrewsbury, Mass.) each scored 13 points to lead the Southern New Hampshire University women's basketball team to a 69-57 triumph over Saint Michael's College on Wednesday evening in Northeast-10 action at the Ross Sports Center.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Ziliak – 13 points (5-12 FG, 3-6 3-FG), 8 rebounds
• Terry – 13 points (5-11 FG, 1-6 3-FG, 2-3 FT), 4 rebounds, 2 assists
• Sophomore Jenna Roche (Braintree, Mass.) – 12 points (5-9 FG, 2-2 FT), 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals
• Junior Sarah Deyo (Attleboro, Mass.) – 9 points (4-8 FG, 1-3 FT), 4 rebounds
• senior Victoria Dean (Plymouth, Mass.) – 8 points (4-10 FG), 9 rebounds, 3 blocks
• Junior Gyanna Russell (E. Hampton, Conn.) – 7 points (2-6 FG, 3-5 FT), 6 rebounds, 2 steals
• Freshman Ariana Koivisto (Pomfret, Conn.) – 1 point (1-2 FT), 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks

KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire, which never trailed in the contest, held a 40-30 advantage coming out of the locker room when an 18-4 burst - led by seven points from Ziliak - opened the largest lead of the night for the Penmen at 58-34 with 1:10 remaining in the third quarter.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Emma MacDonough led all scorers with 16 points (7-17 FG, 2-8 3-FG) for the Purple Knights.
• The Penmen outshot the Purple Knights, 44.4 percent (28-63) to 31.2 percent (24-77), while Saint Michael's returned the favor from long range, 30.4 percent (7-23) to 22.2 percent (4-18).
• Neither team shot it particularly well at the line, but SNHU was plus-7 from the stripe and shot it better, 56.3 percent (9-16) to 50 percent (2-4).
• The Penmen captured the glass (51-43) and the paint (40-28), and received more scoring from their bench (24-11), while the Purple Knights held a slight edge in points off turnovers (8-7) and second chance points (13-12), and featured a better assist-to-turnover ratio (16/9-11/16).

NOTES

• Southern New Hampshire has now won two straight.
• Despite trailing in the all-time series, 31-19, SNHU has now captured four of the last five meetings versus the Purple Knights.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Saturday, Dec. 7 (1:30 p.m.) when they play host to the New York Institute of Technology in non-conference action at the Stan Spirou Field House. The game will air on WGIR 610-AM.

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