Women’s Hoops Scores a Season-High 119 Points in Win Over AMCats

THE BASICS 
Emmanuel College, 119 vs. Anna Maria College, 62

Records: 
Emmanuel Saints (14-5, 9-2 GNAC)
Anna Maria AMCats (4-12, 2-8 GNAC)

Location: Boston, Mass. – Andy Yosinoff Court

Date: Saturday, January 28, 2023

THE LEAD – The Emmanuel College women's basketball program scored a season-high 119 points in their 119-62 blowout win over Anna Maria College in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) action on Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Emmanuel set the tone from the jump, racing out to a 16-2 lead over the first 3:50 of play fueled by four fast break buckets
• Anna Maria cut the deficit back to single digits briefly at 29-20 with a layup by Julitza Delgado (Southbridge, Mass.) but back-to-back buckets from senior Cait Barker (Plainville, Conn.) to finish the quarter gave the Saints a 33-20 cushion heading into the second quarter.
• EC continued to add to the lead in the second, outscoring the AMCats by a 31-21 margin in the frame to take a 23-point lead into halftime at 64-41.
• Junior forward Kiera Eubanks (Portland, Maine) led all players at the break with 17 points on a 7-for-8 first half shooting performance. Emmanuel also owned a commanding 28-11 rebounding advantage in the half resulting in a 17-0 edge in second chance points for the hosts.
• Junior Olivia Matela (Swampscott, Mass.) scored the first 11 points of the second half to bump the EC lead to 75-41. This run led to the largest single-quarter point total in program history as Emmanuel dominated the third by outscoring AMC by a 39-10 margin to carry a 103-51 lead into the final frame.
• The Saints slowed the action down in the final stanza allowing the entire roster to get significant minutes as everyone that dressed logged at least 15 minutes of game-time as the hosts cruised to the 119-62 home win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The 119-point total ranks second all-time for points in a game behind the single-game program record of 123 points which came back on Feb. 17, 1999 in a win over Endicott College.
• Five Saints finished in double-figures as Eubanks scored a career-high 23 points on a 10-for-11 clip from the field.
• Matela was next with a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds, also missing a triple-double by a few helpers as she finished the afternoon with a career-high seven assists.
• Barker came off the bench for 15 points over 17 minutes while first year Reganne French (Chicago, Ill.) finished with career-highs in points (12) and rebounds (6).
• Rounding out the Saints in double-figures was first year guard Tiffany Fischer (South River, N.J.) who ended the contest with 10.
• AMC got 19 points from first year Arianna Saladini (Fitchburg, Mass.), 14 by junior Gina Parmenter (Oxford, Mass.) and 12 each from Delgado and sophomore Marinique Reddin (Tampa, Fla.).

UP NEXT

• Emmanuel wraps up its four-game homestand on Tuesday, January 31 playing host to Norwich University with a 7:00 PM tip following the men's game.
• Anna Maria is back on Monday, January 30 for a non-conference road affair at Mitchell College beginning at 6:00 PM.