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49
Winner Southern Conn. St. SCSU 9-14,3-11 NE10
34
American Int'l AIC 7-17,4-11 NE10
Winner
Southern Conn. St. SCSU
9-14,3-11 NE10
49
Final
34
American Int'l AIC
7-17,4-11 NE10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 13 9 11 16 49
American Int'l AIC 8 9 9 8 34

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

SCSU spoils women's basketball's senior day

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts The American International College women's basketball team and Southern Connecticut State University battled in a senior day match on Saturday, February 8 in Northeast-10 play. The Owls spoiled the celebration with a 49-34 win over the Yellow Jackets.

FAST FACTS:
Final Score:SCSU 49, AIC 34
Record:The Yellow Jackets move to 7-17 (4-11 NE10), while SCSU improves to 9-14 (3-11 NE10)
Location:Henry A. Butova Gymnasium Springfield, Massachusetts


STAT LEADERS:
AIC:
Kayla Robinson: nine points, two rebounds
Rashana Siders: 12 points, four rebounds
Sara Guntin Barriero: five points, seven rebounds

SCSU:
Jessica Fressle: 22 points, 11 rebounds
Imani Wheeler: 11 points, three rebounds seven assists
Ednaija Lassiter: eight points, two rebounds six assists

HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • After Southern Connecticut scored the first point of the game at the charity stripe, senior guard Rashana Siders and junior guard Destine Perry drained threes on back-to-back possessions. The Owls took their first multiple-point lead at the 4:50 mark of the quarter, making it 8-6. After 10 minutes of play, the visitors had the 13-8 lead.
  • Trailing 15-10, junior forward Sara Guntin Barriero made it a three-point game on a layup. Freshman guard AJ Washington cut it to two when she knocked down a free throw just past the halfway point of the quarter. Southern Connecticut grew the lead to seven with almost two minutes remaining in the half. Robinson answered with two layups in 10 seconds to cut it to three with 1:06 on the clock, but the visitors knocked down two free throws to take the five-point lead into the locker room.
  • Siders came out ready to shoot as she nailed her first shot from deep to make it a two-point game. Trailing 31-22 with 1:42 remining in the quarter, Perry and Siders had layups on back-to-back possessions. The Owls ended the quarter on a layup to bring it back to a three-possession game.
  • The Owls first double-digit lead came in the fourth quarter on a layup by Imani Wheeler to make it 37-26. The Yellow Jackets cut the Southern Connecticut lead down to eight, but the Owls kept the home team at bay as they took the game 49-34.
NEXT UP:
  • On Saturday, February 15, the Yellow Jackets will travel to West Haven, Connecticut to take on the University of New Haven in a 1:30 tip.

STAY CONNECTED:
  • For more updates about the AIC women's basketball team, follow@AICWBBonTwitterandInstagram, and likeAIC Women's BasketballonFacebook.For updates on all AIC Yellow Jackets teams, follow@AICAthleticsonTwitterandInstagram,and likeAIC Yellow JacketsonFacebook

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