Saints Return From Winter Break With 95-48 Win at Lasell

NEWTON, Mass. - After nearly four weeks away from the court, the Emmanuel Saints women’s basketball program picked up their season right where they left off, starting 2022 with a commanding 95-48 win over the Lasell Lasers on Thursday evening in Great Northeast Athletic Conference play.

Saints Return From Winter Break With 95-48 Win at Lasell
Box Score

Team Stats

January 6, 2022

THE BASICS 

Score: 
Emmanuel 95 – Lasell 48

Records: 
Emmanuel College Saints (8-1, 3-0 GNAC)
Lasell University Lasers (4-5, 2-1 GNAC)

Location: Newton, Mass. – Lasell Athletic Center

Date: Thursday, January 6, 2022

THE LEAD – After nearly four weeks away from the court, the Emmanuel Saints women's basketball program picked up their season right where they left off, starting 2022 with a commanding 95-48 win over the Lasell Lasers on Thursday evening in Great Northeast Athletic Conference play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Saints were out to a quick leading in the opening quarter, starting the game on a 9-0 run with 4-of-6 shooting over a 2:28 span. The lead quickly expanded to double-digits with the Saints taking a 13-2 edge, thanks in part to six points in the early going by senior Riley Lahiff (North Attleboro, Mass.).
  • Emmanuel took a 17-point lead into the second quarter and had that advantage cut down to a dozen with the Lasers scoring the first five points of the quarter to trail 26-14. From that point, the Saints took control over the last 7:56, embarking on a 24-3 scoring surge that would boost the Emmanuel lead to 50-17 at the half. Seven different Saints scored in the run that had Emmanuel leading by 33.
  • The third quarter produced the Saints highest scoring quarter of the season with Emmanuel putting up 30 points on 12-of-21 shooting, including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc. The Saints finished the contest outscoring the Lasers 15-11 in the fourth quarter, on their way to the 95-48 win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

  • Saints sophomore Olivia Matela (Swampscott, Mass.) finished with a career-high 15 points, including a perfect 3-of-3 from beyond the arc.
  • Lahiff added 14 points for the Saints and was joined in double figures by first-year Yannie Chan (Hong Kong, China) and graduate student Jamad Fiin (Boston, Mass.), who scored 12 and 10 points, respectively.
  • The Saints as a team made a season-high 40 field goals while shooting a season-best 40-for-76 (52.6 percent) from the field.
  • The 95 points for the Saints are the most scored by the program since Nov. 20, 2018; a 94-67 win against Brandeis.
  • First-year Juju Nealy (Fitchburg, Mass.) scored a team-high 12 points for the Lasers on 4-of-7 shooting.
  • Senior Meg Carroll (Douglas, Mass.) added 11 points and eight rebounds for Lasell.

UP NEXT

  • The Saints return to Yosinoff Court for the first time in nearly a month with a Jan. 8 game against Saint Joseph's College of Maine with the GNAC tip-off set for 3:00 p.m.
  • The Lasers travel to Norwich for a GNAC tip with the Cadets on Jan. 8 at 1:00 p.m.