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Senior Day
75
Winner LIU Brooklyn LIU-B
69
Saint Francis (PA) SF-PA
Winner
LIU Brooklyn LIU-B
75
Final
69
Saint Francis (PA) SF-PA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
LIU Brooklyn LIU-B 13 18 26 18 75
Saint Francis (PA) SF-PA 23 14 12 20 69

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | David Halstead

Red Flash fall on Senior Day to LIU Brooklyn, 75-69

Loretto, Pa. – Senior Jess Kovatch (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) was one of four Red Flash players in double figures with 21 points, but the Saint Francis women's basketball team (12-14, 9-5 NEC) fell to hot shooting LIU Brooklyn (4-21, 3-11 NEC) in a 75-69 Senior Day defeat on Saturday at DeGol Arena.
 
Robinson Fruchtl's Reaction
"LIU Brooklyn played a strong game after the first quarter," Interim Head Coach Susan Robinson Fruchtl said. "They moved the ball extremely well. We at times got some deflections and steals out of some things. Overall, their ball movement really hurt both our zone and our man defense."
 
First Quarter Recap
  • Saint Francis got off to a solid start as Aunesha Williams (Miami, FL/McEachern (Morgan State)) scored the Red Flash's first six points to take a 6-4 lead with 6:56 to play in the opening period
  • AJ Timbers' (Philadelphia, PA/Neumann Gorretti (Towson)) layup put SFU ahead 13-9 with 3:02 remaining
  • Back-to-back three-pointers from Karson Swogger (Bellwood, PA/Bellwood-Antis) and Haley Thomas (Hooversville, PA/Bishop McCort) in the final minute helped Saint Francis to a 23-13 lead at the end of the first frame
Second Quarter Recap
  • The Red Flash's advantage extended to 28-16 following Kovatch's trifecta with 8:18 to play in the second period
  • LIU Brooklyn then used a 14-2 run to tie the game 30-30 with 3:48 remaining
  • A Kovatch three-pointer with 52 seconds to play gave SFU a 37-31 lead at halftime
Third Quarter Recap
  • The Red Flash led 42-38 following a Kovatch three-pointer with 6:26 left in the third period
  • The Blackbirds took its first lead since early in the first quarter at 45-44 with 4:19 to play
  • LIU Brooklyn used a 12-4 run over the final four minutes, including a jumper at the buzzer to take a 57-49 advantage at the end of the third stanza
Fourth Quarter Recap
  • Swogger's trey pulled SFU within seven at 62-55 with 6:35 remaining in the contest
  • The Blackbirds had an answer for every Red Flash run as a three-pointer with 3:47 to go extended LIU's lead to 70-61
  • Thomas knocked down a triple to cut the margin to 72-66 with 52 seconds to play
  • LIU Brooklyn closed the game with 3-of-4 free throws to secure the win
Notes
  • Saint Francis honored its five seniors in Jill Falvey (Lincroft, N.J./Middletown South), Kovatch, Timbers, Williams and Courtney Zezza (Plum, PA/Plum)
  • The loss drops the Red Flash into a tie for third place in the NEC standings with St. Francis Brooklyn
  • SFU shot 23-of-67 from the floor and 10-of-32 from three-point range, while LIU was 24-of-61 from the field and a stellar 13-of-25 from behind the arc
  • The Red Flash won the battle on the boards with a 44-38 rebounding advantage
  • Joining Kovatch in double figures was Thomas (12 points), Swogger (11 points) and Williams (10 points)
Up Next
Saint Francis returns to the court to host St. Francis Brooklyn in the home finale on Monday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m.
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