Loretto, PA – Saint Francis women's basketball (1-3) picked up its first win of the season in a 86-74 victory over Seton Hill on Tuesday at DeGol Arena. Jess Kovatch (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) led all scorers with 20 points, while Karson Swogger (Bellwood, PA/Bellwood-Antis) and Aunesha Williams (Miami, FL/McEachern (Morgan State)) added 17 points each for the Red Flash.

Robinson-Fruchtl's Reaction

"We executed some things offensively that we just started emphasizing this week since I have joined the team," Interim Head Coach Susan Robinson-Fruchtl said. "I'm really proud of the kids and how they picked it up and communicated on the floor. Credit goes to them as they were really attentive this week and worked hard and stayed together. That's what we are going to have to do the rest of the season."

First Quarter Recap

• Saint Francis stormed out to a 13-3 lead following two Kovatch three-pointers and a Leah Morrow (Columbus, Ohio/Columbus Africentric) trifecta

• The Griffins responded with an 8-0 run to cut the SFU lead to 13-11

• Back-to-back treys from Swogger, who was 4-of-5 from behind the arc, extended the Red Flash lead to 19-11

• Williams pounded the ball in the paint and scored two of her career-high 17 points with a layup that put Saint Francis ahead 25-16

• The Red Flash led 30-16 at the end of the period following another Swogger three-pointer

Second Quarter Recap

• Seton Hill went on a 14-4 run to jumpstart a rally as the Griffins trailed 34-30 with just over five minutes to play

• After briefly giving up the lead, the Red Flash went back in front 38-37 on a Swogger layup

• Swogger scored the final of her 17 points in the game with a triple to put SFU ahead 42-41

• The Griffins made a layup with 39 seconds to go and held a 43-42 halftime advantage

Third Quarter Recap

• A back-and-forth game which had 19 lead changes saw the Red Flash grab a 51-50 lead on a Williams layup off a Kovatch assist

• SFU started to gain some momentum as Haley Thomas (Hooversville, PA/Bishop McCort) made a stellar move to the basket for a layup to put the Red Flash ahead 62-56

• A Seton Hill layup with 19 seconds left cut the Saint Francis lead to 63-58 at the end of the third frame

Fourth Quarter Recap

• Morrow's layup off a fast break gave SFU its first double-digit lead (68-58) since early in the second quarter

• The Griffins trimmed the margin to 69-63 with 7:40 remaining

• Saint Francis broke open the game on a 12-2 run that was capped off with back-to-back Williams layups to seize an 81-65 advantage

• MaKenzie Pollard's (Baltimore, MD/Western) three-pointer with 19 seconds to go produced the game's final score

Notes

• Robinson-Fruchtl picked up the 100^th win of her head coaching career

• SFU shot a season-best 45.8% from the floor, including 37.9% from behind the three-point arc

• The teams were a dead even 45-45 in total rebounds

• Saint Francis had its most assists of the season with 19

• The Red Flash scored 44 points in the paint, which was more than double it had previously recorded in a game this season

Looking Ahead

Saint Francis has a couple days off for Thanksgiving break before the Red Flash return to action in a home contest against Duquesne on Sunday, November 25. Tip time at DeGol Arena is set for 2 p.m.