LORETTO, Pa. (Jan. 19, 2008) – Three players scored in double figures but Saint Francis couldn't hold off a late Robert Morris surge, falling to the Colonials, 77-57, in women's basketball action on Saturday night at DeGol Arena.

Sophomore Britney Hodges (Dayton, Ohio/Mount de Chantal) (Dayton, Ohio/Mount de Chantal Academy) led the Red Flash (5-12; 2-4 NEC) with 16 points and forwards Emily Bollinger (Westminster, Md./Westminster) (Westminster, Md./Westminster) (14 points, five rebounds) and Whitney Robinson (Fairmont, W.Va./Fairmont) (Fairmont, W.Va./Fairmont) (13 points, nine rebounds) combined for 27 points and 14 boards in the setback.

Robert Morris (8-9; 4-2 NEC) twice built big leads in the game – a 13-point advantage in the first half and a 20-point lead in the second – but while the Flash were able erase the first deficit, it was the second that stuck to set the final score.

The Flash scored the final nine points of the first half to cut the Robert Morris lead to 37-34 at the intermission. Robinson finished the first period with eight points.

“I thought we did a good job in the first half,” said Saint Francis coach Susan Robinson Fruchtl. “Offensively, we got the shots that we wanted and we only had six turnovers at the half. That was the big difference.”

The Flash would continue their comeback after the break, forcing a 37-all tie a minute into the half and pulling to within two points with 11 minutes to go in regulation.

Leading 51-49, the Colonials reeled off 17 points over the next five minutes to surge ahead, 68-51, on a layup by Angela Pace with nearly seven minutes to go in regulation to build an insurmountable lead.

Saint Francis shot 39.1 percent (25-for-64) from the field, but committed 10 second-half turnovers, and were out-rebounded 44-28 on the evening to facilitate RMU's big second half.

The Colonials' Sade Logan poured in a game-high 27 and was 3-for-3 from behind the three-point arc.

Saint Francis returns to action on Monday, January 21, when they visit Mount St. Mary's.