ST. DAVIDS, Pa. (January 25, 2020) – Freshman Danielle Cornetta scored a career-high 14 points and went 6 for 9 from the floor to lead the way for the Stevens Institute of Technology women's basketball team in a 70-58 defeat against Eastern University Saturday at Eastern University Gymnasium.

Stevens led by seven points in the second half, but the Eagles used an 11-0 run in the third quarter to take a lead they would not relinquish and moved to 4-2 in MAC Freedom competition while the Ducks fell to 2-4.

Four of the five starters for Eastern finished the contest in double figures, including Jaelyn Harris who produced a game-high 20 points and went 7 for 11 from the floor and 4 for 7 from 3-point-range.

For the Ducks, Cornetta was joined in double figures by junior Annetta Panayides as well as sophomore Jess Broad who finished with 13 and 12 points, respectively.

Eastern led by as many as six points in the opening quarter, but Stevens was able to close the stanza on a 9-3 run capped off by a 3-pointer from Emily Nunez to tie the contest at 15 heading into the second.

The Ducks then grabbed the lead in the second quarter for the first time in the game thanks to a pair of free throws by Christina Li and went ahead again after two more from the charity stripe by Meghan Douglas.

After the Eagles cut the deficit to one at 24-23 with less than a minute remaining in the half, Broad responded with a 3-point bucket with :32 remaining and Stevens forced a turnover on Eastern's final possession to take a 27-23 lead into the locker room.

It was more of the same from Broad to start the second half as well as she knocked down her second consecutive shot from beyond the arc to give the Ducks a 30-23 lead, their largest of the game.

Trailing 36-30, Eastern began to make its run, rattling off 11 consecutive points to take a four-point edge.

Cornetta was able to keep Stevens in the contest by scoring the last six points of the quarter for the Ducks and keeping the deficit at just three heading into the fourth.

In the final period Stevens was able to cut the deficit to one on a pair of occasions, including 47-46 with just 7:18 left to play.

The Eagles did not let the Ducks get any closer, however, going on a 14-3 run highlighted by eight points from Da'Naziah Brown to grow the lead to double figures for the first time with just 2:47 left to play.

Eastern held on from there and handed Stevens its fourth consecutive defeat.

Turning Point

• The Eagles, who knocked down nine total 3-point baskets in the win, always seemed to hit the shot from downtown when they needed it most.
• First, trailing by seven early in the third quarter, Eastern nailed four of the next six shots they took from 3-point-range to re-take the lead.
• Then, after the Ducks had cut the deficit to one in the fourth, Brown knocked down two of the three 3-pointers she made in the contest as a part of the 14-3 run that put the contest out of reach.

Inside the Numbers

• Stevens set a new season-high in steals with 14 in the loss, one more than Eastern finished with.
• The Eagles shot 43.1 percent from the floor and 45.0 percent from downtown compared to a 37.7 field goal percentage and a 33.3 percentage from 3-point-range for the Ducks.
• Li led the way on the glass for Stevens with seven rebounds as the Ducks pulled down 31 boards as a team.
• The Ducks held a significant 33-7 edge in bench points thanks to 27 combined points by Cornetta and Panayides.
• The score in the contest was tied a total of seven times and changed hands four times.
• The 58 points for Stevens was its lowest point total in a conference game this season.
• Stevens assisted on 14 of its 20 total made shots while Eastern had 15 assists on 25 made buckets.

Unsung Hero

• Sophomore Allie Moss continues to distribute the ball at a high rate, finishing with a team-high four assists with just two turnovers. It marks the sixth straight game she has finished with more assists than turnovers and ranks fourth in the MAC Freedom with a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Next Up

• Conference play continues Wednesday as Stevens takes on FDU-Florham in Hoboken, New Jersey at 8:00 p.m.
• The two teams faced off last season with the Ducks taking home a 66-60 victory over the Devils on Nov. 20, 2019.
• Live stats and video will be available on StevensDucks.com.

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