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Morrow vs. Boise State
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67
Winner Saint Francis U SFUW 14-15; 11-6 NEC
58
WAGNER WAGNERW 10-18; 8-9 NEC
Winner
Saint Francis U SFUW
14-15; 11-6 NEC
67
Final
58
WAGNER WAGNERW
10-18; 8-9 NEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Saint Francis U SFUW 20 19 15 13 67
WAGNER WAGNERW 13 15 20 10 58

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | David Halstead

Red Flash secure home playoff game with 67-58 win over Wagner

Staten Island, N.Y. – Saint Francis women's basketball (14-15, 11-6 NEC) used a well-balanced team effort to pick up a 67-58 win over Wagner (10-18, 8-9 NEC) on Monday at the Spiro Center. Jess Kovatch (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) led four Red Flash players in double figures with 15 points, while Leah Morrow (Columbus, Ohio/Columbus Africentric) (12 points), Courtney Zezza (Plum, PA/Plum) (11 points) and Karson Swogger (Bellwood, PA/Bellwood-Antis) (10 points) also finished in double digits.
 
Robinson Fruchtl's Reaction
"I think it was a great overall team effort tonight," Interim Head Coach Susan Robinson Fruchtl said. "We really played great team defense and did an awesome job on the boards tonight. We out-rebounded them by double-digits and that was probably the biggest difference in the game."
 
First Quarter Recap
  • Zezza scored the game's first six points as SFU led 6-0 with 7:57 to play in the opening period
  • Wagner responded and took an 11-9 lead with 4:04 left
  • A Swogger three-pointer put the Red Flash back in front 14-11 with 2:16 remaining
  • Aunesha Williams' (Miami, FL/McEachern (Morgan State)) layup with four seconds to go gave SFU a 20-13 lead at the end of the first stanza
Second Quarter Recap
  • Zezza's trifecta extended the lead to 28-17 with 5:40 to play in the second period
  • A Sabino layup put the Red Flash ahead 32-23 with 2:50 remaining
  • Swogger connected on a three-pointer with 33 seconds to go as Saint Francis led 39-26 at halftime
Third Quarter Recap
  • A back-and-forth start to the third period had SFU take a 45-35 lead on a Morrow layup with 5:16 to play in the third period
  • Wagner used an 11-2 spurt to pull within one at 47-46 with 2:39 left
  • Kovatch's three-pointer with 37 seconds to go capped a 7-2 run as SFU led 54-48 at the end of the third frame
Fourth Quarter Recap
  • Saint Francis got off to a hot start in the fourth period as another Kovatch trey put the Red Flash ahead 59-50 with 7:47 to play
  • A Sabino layup pushed the SFU lead to 65-53 with 3:56 remaining
  • The Red Flash used lockdown defense over the final minutes to secure the victory
Notes
  • Saint Francis secured a home quarterfinal NEC playoff game as the Red Flash are tied for third place in the standings with St. Francis Brooklyn. SFU can secure the No. 3 seed with a win on Thursday at Robert Morris
  • Kovatch passed former Duke great JJ Redick for third place all-time in NCAA men's or women's basketball history with 459 career three-pointers
  • SFU shot 27-of-66 from the floor, including 6-of-26 from three-point range and 7-of-8 from the free throw line
  • The Red Flash dominated the battle on the boards with a 46-33 rebounding advantage, including 16 offensive boards
  • Saint Francis scored 16 second chance points compared to Wagner's four points on second chance opportunities
  • Zezza recorded four blocks to give her 294 career rejections
Up Next
Saint Francis travels to first place Robert Morris for the regular season finale on Thursday, March 7 at 6 p.m.
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