Women's Basketball Falls To Saint Peters

Samora Watson led all scores in the close defeat to Saint Peter's Monday night in Jersey City. 

GAME INFORMATION

FINAL SCORE: Saint Peter's 61, CCSU 57

RECORDS: CCSU 0-3; Saint Peter's 1-1

LOCATION: The Victor R. Yanitelli, S.J Recreational Life Center | Jersey City, NJ

KEY MOMENTS

• Saint Peters Reilly Sunday scored off the opening tip which was followed by an 8-0 run by the Peacocks to start the game.
• The Blue Devils answered with their own 7-0 run led by Sophmore transfer Alonna Sellers bringing her team within one with 4:35 left in the first quarter.
• The Peacocks then answered with a 9-1 run including three baskets and a banked three from Fatmata Janneh to help her team lead 17-8 at the end of the first quarter.
• Fatmata Janneh attacked the rim for Saint Peters and scored to give the Peacocks their biggest lead of the game (22-8) with 7:16 left to play.  
• Amaya Williams drew a foul at the 6:37 mark and converted one out of two at the free-throw line to stop the 8-0 run. Belle Lanpher converted her first basket on a mid-range jumper off a nice feed from teammate Samora Watson and an Emma Bruen jumper made it a 10-point game (24-14) at the 4:07 mark. 
• CCSU and Saint Peters ended the half-trading basketball and the Peacocks headed to the locker room with a 31-19 lead. 
• Meghan Kenefick, Watson, and Lanpher all scored to start the half on a 7-2 run at the 7:45 mark in the third quarter (33-26).
• The Peacocks Fatmata Janne scored again to cap a short 6-2 run for Saint Peters as they climbed to a 39-28 lead with 5:21 left in the 3rd. 
• Lanpher answered with a crossover layup to score her tenth point of the game with 4:33 left and ignited a central 15-2 run to end the first quarter trailing Saint Peters 43-41. 
• Watson led the 15-2 run with two baskets including a three-pointer, capped off by a jumper from Lanpher and a layup from junior Amaya Williams. 
• Peacocks forward Fatmata Janneh and Centrals Meghan Kenefick came out of the fourth quarter trading baskets each with two layups to bring the game to 49-45 with 5:18 left to play. 
• The Blue Devils were trailing 53-45 with 4:43 left to play after four straight points by Saint Peters guard Jada Williams. 
• Amaya Williams made three out of four free throws, followed by two tough baskets from Samora Watson, and a steal and two made free throws from Belle Lanpher capped a 9-2 CCSU run. This made it 55-54 with 1:05 left to go in the game. 
• CCSU was forced to foul Saint Peter's and made their free throws to close out the game earning the 61-57 victory. 

NUMBERS TO KNOW 

• 26 – Number of turnovers the Blue Devils forced Monday night

NOTES

• Watson scored in double figures for the third time this season, finishing with a career-high 18 points to lead all scores.  
• Belle Lanpher scored a season-high 14 points and her third straight game in double figures and added four steals on the night. 
• Amaya Williams finished with a season-high 11 points, six boards, and three assists. 
• Kenefick finished with six points, to go along with a team-high nine rebounds. 
• The Blue Devils were 13-16 from the free-throw line shooting a season-high 81.3% on the night.  3-4 from behind the arc in the first quarter and 5-7 in the first half
• CCSU forced 26 turnovers scoring 24 of their 57 points off turnovers. 
• Alonna Sellers scored six points in 21 minutes collecting four rebounds and a block. The Blue Devils tallied double-digit (10) assists in the game for the third straight game. 

UP NEXT...

The Blue Devils cap off their season-opening road trip, traveling to Bryant on Friday, Nov 17, 6:00 PM EST.