HOBOKEN, N.J. (February 22, 2020) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's basketball team closed the 2019-20 season with a bang as they knocked off King's College 62-51 to finish the season above .500 in MAC Freedom play Saturday inside Canavan Arena.

Sophomore Jess Broad was extremely efficient from the floor, going 10 for 11 in the contest for a game-high 20 points while junior Christina Li added 13 points of her own and sophomore Meghan Douglas pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds as Stevens pushed their winning streak to three consecutive games.

With the win, the Ducks concluded conference play in a tie for fourth place with Eastern University after posting an 8-6 record in the MAC Freedom.

Because the two teams split their head-to-head matchups earlier in the season, conference tiebreakers needed to be enforced. Eastern won the tiebreaker and clinched the #4 seed in the MAC Freedom tournament because of its 85-77 victory Saturday over the #2 seed Misericordia, as the tie goes to the team with the best record against the highest-finishing teams in the conference.

Sophomore Allie Moss added six more assists to her total in the victory, giving her 105 on the year. Moss becomes just the 11th player in program history to register at least 100 assists in a single season and is currently on pace to become just the sixth player in program history to produce 300 assists in her career.

Additionally, senior Emily Nunez added a 3-pointer to her give her 47 total made shots from beyond the arc this season, which is tied for sixth in program history in made 3-point baskets in a single season.

Stevens played stellar defense throughout the contest, holding King's to just 26.1 percent from the floor in the loss and forcing 23 total turnovers.

After the Monarchs scored the first two points of the game, the Ducks responded by scoring 11 of the next 13 points, led by five points by Broad, to take an early seven-point lead.

Stevens maintained the edge for the remainder of the quarter as it headed to the second period leading 15-7.

King's was able to cut the deficit to five at 18-13 halfway through the second, but the Ducks responded by closing the half on a 14-3 run featuring four points apiece by Broad, Li and freshman Danielle Cornetta to head into the locker room leading 32-16.

The run did not stop there, however, as Stevens hit its first four shots of the second half as a part of a 10-3 run to extend the lead to 42-19, the largest of game. In total, the Ducks bridged the first and second quarters on a 24-6 run.

The Monarchs chipped away at the lead for the remainder of the quarter, outscoring the Ducks 20-9 over the final eight minutes of the quarter to make the score 51-39 heading to the fourth.

After Moss hit a free throw to start the period to extend the edge to 13 points, but King's cut the score back to single digits with back-to-back 3-pointers with 7:26 left to play.

Li and Broad were able to combine for a quick 6-2 run to re-extend the lead to 58-47 with 5:16 remaining in the contest.

King's did not go away, scoring the next four points to make the score 58-51 with only 3:30 left to play.

Stevens defense locked down from that point on, not allowing the Monarchs to score for the remainder of the contest to hold on for a 62-51 win.

The Ducks close the season with a 6-2 record in their last eight games and are poised for success in 2020-21 as they return all 13 members of the 2019-20 squad to Castle Point next season.

Turning Point

• After the Monarchs cut the deficit to seven in the fourth for the second time at the 3:30 mark, Stevens responded on the other end as Lily Taeuber lobbed a pass at the rim to Broad who completed the alley-oop and made the score 60-51.
• Douglas then added another basket two offensive possessions later off an assist from Broad to re-extend the lead to double-digits and seal the victory.

Inside the Numbers

• Broad finished the game with 20 points and seven rebounds in the win and closes the year averaging 15.1 points and 7.9 boards per game. Her 15.1 points per game this season is tied for ninth in program history in scoring average in a single season.
• Moss closes the season tied for the conference lead with 4.2 assists per game as well as a 1.6 assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Stevens shot 38.6 percent overall and 43.3 percent in the second half from the floor in the win.
• Nunez closes the season on top of the MAC Freedom with a 38.8 percent shooting percentage from downtown.
• The Ducks outscored King's 19-9 in points off turnovers and 42-22 in points in the paint in the victory.
• Douglas and Cornetta were both tied for third on the team with seven points apiece while Moss finished with six points, six assists, five rebounds and four steals.
• After falling behind 2-0 early in the contest, Stevens took the lead with 5:49 remaining in the first quarter and did not trail from that point on.
• With 11 more wins this season, Ducks' head coach Megan Haughey now is just four wins away from becoming the first women's basketball coach in program history to reach 150 career victories.

From the Sidelines (Head Coach Megan Haughey)

• "We left it all out there today and our hearts played 40 hard minutes. I am proud of the entire group. Regardless of what happens, this team is full of fighters and heart and their growth has been amazing."

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