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Sam Miller
56
Winner Youngstown St. YSU 5-3,0-0 Horizon
46
Saint Francis (PA) SF-PA 2-6,0-0 NEC
Winner
Youngstown St. YSU
5-3,0-0 Horizon
56
Final
46
Saint Francis (PA) SF-PA
2-6,0-0 NEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Youngstown St. YSU 19 15 11 11 56
Saint Francis (PA) SF-PA 16 11 12 7 46

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | David Halstead

Red Flash drop home opener to Youngstown State, 56-46

Loretto, Pa. – Saint Francis women's basketball (2-6) fell to Youngstown State (5-3) 56-46 in the home opener on Saturday at DeGol Arena. Sam Miller (Red Lion, PA/Dallastown) and Haley Thomas (Hooversville, PA/Bishop McCort) led the Red Flash with eight points each.

The game started off as a back-and-forth contest with SFU taking an 11-10 lead on a Karson Swogger (Bellwood, PA/Bellwood-Antis) three-pointer with 3:40 to play in the opening period. Youngstown State surged back in front 19-14 before a Jada Dapaa (Potomac, MD/Holy Child) layup with 43 seconds to go cut the Penguins' lead to 19-16 at the end of the first stanza.

The Red Flash trimmed the margin to 24-23 following a Sam Sabino (Rumson, N.J./Rumson Fair Haven (New Hampshire)) trifecta and layup with 5:29 remaining in the second quarter. Youngstown State then went on a 9-0 run to take a 33-23 lead with 1:13 to go. The Penguins held a 34-27 advantage at halftime.

Phee Allen's (Newport News, VA/Woodside) three-pointer cut the YSU lead to 38-31 with 7:35 left in the third period. Saint Francis kept on the attack and narrowed the margin to 41-37 following a Miller jumper with 3:04 remaining. The Penguins seized a 45-39 lead at the end of the third frame.

After a defensive stalemate to start the fourth quarter, YSU finally broke through with the first basket of the period on a jumper with 6:01 to go in the contest. That sparked a 9-0 Penguins run to go ahead 54-39 with 3:10 left. After each team added a basket, SFU scored the final five points of the game on a Caitlin Carroll (Middletown, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) three-pointer and a Jenna Mastellone (New York City, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) layup to produce the final score.
 
Inside the Box Score
  • SFU struggled shooting 19-of-53 from the floor and 5-of-23 from behind the three-point arc.
  • YSU narrowly won the battle on the boards, 34-32
  • Each team had nine assists.
  • Saint Francis scored 25 points off the bench as nine players recorded points.  
Notes
  • SFU drops its home opener for the first time since the 2016-17 season when the Red Flash fell to Columbia at DeGol Arena.
  • Youngstown State improves to 4-3 in the all-time series history and has defeated the Red Flash in back-to-back seasons.
Up Next
Saint Francis will return to action following final exams against Duquesne on Sunday, Dec. 15. The game against the Dukes will be played at La Roche University and tipoff at 2 p.m.
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