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Sabino at YSU
56
Saint Francis U SFU 2-6
80
Winner Youngstown State YSU 7-2
Saint Francis U SFU
2-6
56
Final
80
Youngstown State YSU
7-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Saint Francis U SFU 12 16 12 16 56
Youngstown State YSU 17 23 24 16 80

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | David Halstead

SFU falls on the road at Youngstown State, 80-56

Youngstown, Ohio – Saint Francis women's basketball (2-6) fell into a third quarter shooting slump and was unable to respond to a Youngstown State scoring run as the Red Flash lost on the road to the Penguins, 80-56, on Saturday at the Beeghly Center. Jess Kovatch (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) led SFU for the third straight game with 19 points, while Karson Swogger (Bellwood, PA/Bellwood-Antis) added ten points.

Robinson Fruchtl's Reaction
"We played really good defense at the start of the game and then we were just out of sync the rest of the night both defensively and offensively," Interim Head Coach Susan Robinson Fruchtl said. "We had too many fouls in the first half and it put us in a hole. We have to become a better defensive team without fouling. We got out-rebounded tonight and that's something that continues to be a limiting factor for us to be successful on the court."

First Quarter Recap
  • Saint Francis jumped out to an early 9-2 lead following two Kovatch trifectas followed by a Swogger three-pointer
  • Youngstown State responded with a 15-0 run to seize a 17-9 lead with just over a minute to play
  • Kovatch connected on another trey with 18 seconds to go to cut YSU's lead to 17-12 at the end of the period
Second Quarter Recap
  • The Penguins' continued their hot shooting and held a 30-16 lead
  • A Sam Sabino (Rumson, N.J./Rumson Fair Haven (New Hampshire)) three-pointer followed by a Haley Thomas (Hooversville, PA/Bishop McCort) layup narrowed the deficit to 34-24 with 3:16 left
  • Aunesha Williams' (Miami, FL/McEachern (Morgan State)) layup pulled the Red Flash within nine at 37-28
  • YSU held a 40-28 lead at halftime
Third Quarter Recap
  • Youngstown State used a 14-5 run at the start of the third period to grab a 54-35 advantage
  • Kovatch connected on her fourth triple of the game, but SFU trailed 56-39 with 3:29 to play
  • Kayley Kovac (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe Area) made one-of-two free throws with one second remaining as the Red Flash's deficit was 64-40 at the end of the third frame
Fourth Quarter Recap
  • Swogger converted on a trey as SFU trailed 72-48 with just under six minutes to play
  • The Penguins held its largest lead of the game at 78-50
  • Jenna Mastellone (New York City, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) knocked down back-to-back three-pointers in the final 1:30 to close the scoring
Notes
  • Saint Francis shot 20-of-62 from the field, 10-of-27 from behind the arc and 6-of-11 from the free throw line
  • Youngstown State held a narrow 40-38 advantage on the boards
  • The Penguins scored 21 points off 21 Red Flash turnovers
  • YSU scored 26 points in the paint compared to SFU's 18 points on the interior
  • Sabino had four of Saint Francis' ten steals
  • Courtney Zezza (Plum, PA/Plum) had all three of the Red Flash's blocks
Looking Ahead
Saint Francis has next week off for finals before heading west to play in the Husky Classic at the University of Washington. The Red Flash face Boise State in the first round on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. ET.
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