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58
Franklin Pierce FPU 6-8,0-7 NE10
63
Winner American Int'l AIC 5-11,2-6 NE10
Franklin Pierce FPU
6-8,0-7 NE10
58
Final
63
American Int'l AIC
5-11,2-6 NE10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Franklin Pierce FPU 10 12 13 23 58
American Int'l AIC 19 10 13 21 63

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Siders, Perry combine for 36 points in win over Franklin Pierce

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts - The American International College women's basketball team held off a late charge by Franklin Pierce University in Northeast-10 Conference action on Saturday, January 11 to win 63-58.

FAST FACTS:
Final Score: AIC 63, Franklin Pierce 58
Record: AIC moves to 5-11 (2-6 NE10), while Franklin Pierce moves to 6-8 (0-7 NE10).
Location: Henry A. Butova Gymnasium Springfield, Mass.

STAT LEADERS:
AIC:
Destine Perry: 15 points, five rebounds, four assists
Rashana Siders: 21 points, two rebounds, two assists
Jayla McDuffie: four points, seven rebounds

Franklin Pierce:
Sophia Holmes: 18 points, three rebounds
Izzy Lipinski: 18 points, 10 rebounds


HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Off the tip, the Ravens gained control of the ball, laid it in and drew the foul as four seconds elapsed. Sophia Holmes completed the three-point play. On the Yellow Jackets' first possession, freshman guard Kayla Robinson nailed a jumper to make it a one-point game. The Yellow Jackets took their first lead of the game at the 8:54 mark on a jumper by Siders. The game was knotted at six when the Yellow Jackets closed the quarter on a 13-4 run. After 10 minutes of play the Yellow Jackets led 19-10.
  • Fifteen seconds into the second stanza, Siders nailed a deep three to make it a double-digit game. The Ravens made it a nine-point game with 5:52 remaining in the first half. With under two minutes on the clock, the Ravens made it 26-12 on a jumper in the paint. Siders added to her eventual team-high 21-points with a three to give AIC the 29-21 lead at the break.
  • Junior forward Jayla McDuffie was hot out of the locker room as she hit her first two shots as AIC took the 11-point advantage. The teams battled in a hard-fought third quarter. Headed into the final frame, the Yellow Jackets led 42-35.
  • The Ravens tied the game up with 4:12 remaining on an old fashioned three-point play by Izzy Lipinski as the Yellow Jackets timeout. Out of the huddle, Perry scored a pair of her 15 fourth quarter points. Franklin Pierce's Holmes drained a wing three to give her team the 57-56 lead. Perry went 1-of-2 from the line on the next possession, but the Ravens answered with one at the charity stripe. Perry's hot hand did not fade as she gave the Yellow Jackets the one-point lead on a powerful right-handed layup and AIC did not look back. Down the last 30 seconds of play, AIC went 4-of-6 from the line to take the game 61-58.
NEXT UP:
  • The Yellow Jackets will round out their three-game homestand as they host No. 22 Saint Anselm College on Tuesday, January 14 at 5:30 p.m.

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