Strong Second Half Leads Saints to 72-58 Win on Senior Night

BOSTON - Another strong second-half performance from the Emmanuel Saints helped them to their 14th straight victory, this one on Senior Night, as the Saints defeated the Coast Guard Academy Bears 72-58 on Yosinoff Court in Monday’s non-conference game.

2022 Women's Basketball Senior Day
2022 Women's Basketball Senior Day
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February 7, 2022

THE BASICS 

Score: 
Emmanuel 72 – Coast Guard Academy 58

Records: 
Emmanuel College Saints (18-1, 12-0 GNAC)
Coast Guard Academy Bears (11-8, 3-3 NEWMAC)

Location: Boston, Mass. – JYC Gymnasium/Andy Yosinoff Court

Date: Monday, February 7, 2022

THE LEAD – Another strong second-half performance from the Emmanuel Saints helped them to their 14th straight victory, this one on Senior Night, as the Saints defeated the Coast Guard Academy Bears 72-58 on Yosinoff Court in Monday's non-conference game.

Prior to the start of Monday's game, the Saints women's basketball program honored the graduating class of players that included Korie Mathis (Duluth, Ga.), Jamad Fiin (Boston, Mass.), Riley Lahiff (North Attleboro, Mass.), and Loredana D'Agostino (Broad Brook, Conn.).

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The story again on Monday night was the halftime adjustments of the Saints that helped them to the victory on Senior Night. Trailing by two at the half, the Saints emerged from the locker room to start the third quarter on a 10-0 run that guided Emmanuel to a 37-29 lead.
  • Emmanuel led by as many as a dozen in the third quarter, thanks to 23 points on 9-of-19 shooting from the floor while holding the Bears to just 5-of-22 shooting in that span. The Bears gained momentum at the end of the third, cutting the deficit to 50-42 as the team's headed for the fourth.
  • A key 7-0 run by Coast Guard in the middle of the fourth quarter got the Bears within one possession at 56-53, but a three-point answer by Fiin and back-to-back layups for sophomore Allison Wild (Tewksbury, Mass.), helped fend off the Bears run.
  • On Coast Guard's bucket to get back to within one possession at 56-53 with 5:42 remaining, Emmanuel's response came by finishing the game on a 16-5 run to clinch the non-conference win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

  • D'Agostino finished the game with a team-high 16 points and 12 rebounds for her seventh double-double this season.
  • Fiin chipped in with 15 points and eight rebounds while Lahiff added 12 points on 6-for-12 shooting, to go along with nine rebounds. Mathis had two points and five assists.
  • Bears senior Kyra Hartman (Shillington, Pa.) finished with a game-high 21 points and added eight rebounds.
  • Junior Jacqueline Ward (Brant Beach, N.J.) had five points, 10 rebounds, and a game-high eight assists for Coast Guard.
  • First-year Glory Blethen (Boothbay, Maine) had nine points and nine rebounds.

UP NEXT

  • The Saints return to play on Wednesday with their final regular season home game of the year; a 5:30 p.m. tip-off with Norwich.
  • The Bears are back on Wednesday for their Pink Game as they host Wheaton at 7:30 p.m.