HOBOKEN, N.J. (January 22, 2020) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's basketball team held a 59-55 lead with 8:38 left to go in the fourth quarter but could not hold on as they fell to DeSales University 74-68 Wednesday night inside Canavan Arena.
The Ducks got a season-high 26 points from sophomore
Jess Broad as the Bulldogs, who received votes in both the D3Hoops.com and Women's Basketball Coaches Association latest poll, went on a 7-0 run after falling behind 64-62 with 5:58 remaining in the contest to take home the victory.
DeSales finished the contest with four players in double figures, led by Averi Jordan and Rylie Rittenhouse who combined to go 11 for 26 from the floor and produced 19 points each.
Broad went 11 for 22 from the floor knocking down three of the five shots she took from 3-point-range to score in double figures for the fifth consecutive game.
Sophomore
Allie Moss joined Broad in double digit scoring with 16 points to go along with six assists and four rebounds. In her last five games, Moss has 30 total assists and an impressive 3.1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
With the score tied at seven in the first, the Bulldogs bridged the first and second quarter on a 20-7 run to take a 27-14 edge with 6:54 left in the second stanza.
Stevens responded, however, with a 9-2 run to close the first half and make the score 36-34 heading into the break.
After DeSales began the third on a 7-0 to re-extend the lead to nine, Stevens outscored the Bulldogs 21-10 over the remainder of the quarter, highlighted by three consecutive 3-pointers from senior
Emily Nunez, junior
Christina Li and Broad, to take a two-point lead heading to the final quarter.
The Ducks were able to grow the lead to as many as four when freshman
Danielle Cornetta found sophomore
Meghan Douglas for a layup in the early point of the fourth quarter.
Rittenhouse took over for DeSales from that point, scoring seven of the next 10 points to take a 65-64 lead they would not relinquish.
Pivotal Point
- After Cornetta knocked down a jumper with 5:58 remaining, Stevens missed their next five shots from the floor.
- Over the 5:29 of game action, DeSales scored seven consecutive points to seal the victory.
Inside the Numbers
- The Bulldogs did a ton of damage on the glass, out-rebounding Stevens 50-41 and scoring 21 second chance points compared to just six from the Ducks.
- The Ducks, who came into the contest ranked 13th in NCAA Division III in 3-point field goal percentage, finished the contest 9 for 28 from downtown and shot 46.2 percent over the second and third quarters.
- Broad added seven rebounds to her stat sheet and now has at least seven boards in each of her last five games.
- Nunez and junior Annetta Panayides produced eight points apiece off the bench for the Ducks. Nunez finished the contest 3 for 6 from the floor while Panayides went 4 for 5.
- Stevens was efficient in the loss, assisting on 21 of its 29 made shots.
- DeSales took a total of 33 shots from the foul line, knocking down 22, while the Ducks shot just five times from the charity stripe, hitting one.
Unsung Hero
- Nunez finished the contest at +10 in 23 minutes of game action and added three assists and a rebound.
From the Sidelines (Head Coach Megan Haughey)
- "Definitely a tough loss. We battled, but at the end of the day we didn't get enough stops and scores down the stretch. There were too many miscues defensively guarding the 3-point line.
- "I though we had a group that played their hearts out. Allie and Jess had phenomenal nights."
Next Up
- The Ducks return to the hardwood Saturday when they take on Eastern University at 1:00 p.m. in St. Davids, Pennsylvania.
- It is believed to be the first matchup between the two schools in the history of the programs.
- Live stats and video for the contest will be available on StevensDucks.com.
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