Fairfield, Conn. ? Forward
Stephanie Ryan scored 15 points, including seven straight in the second half,
to lead Sacred Heart to a 64-48 win over UAlbany in non-conference women's
basketball action at the William H. Pitt Center on Wednesday evening. The
Pioneers improved to 2-3 overall while the Great Danes dropped to 1-6.
Sacred Heart used a 20-9 run over
the final 8:32, scoring the final eight points from the free throw line. Khalia
Cain, Maggie Cosgrove and Alisa Apo all hit two from the stripe in the final
minute of play to help seal the win for the Pioneers.
UAlbany came out firing to start the
second half, and cut the lead to 29-25 before allowing Sacred Heart to score.
After Kaitlin Sowinski dropped a jumper in the lane for the Pioneers, Britney
McGee hit a 3-pointer and Janea Aiken scored from the right key to cut the lead
to 33-30 with 15:46 left to play. Sowinski, who finished with a game-high 16
points, scored five straight over the next two minutes of play and Sacred Heart
never looked back.
“Six of our first seven games were
on the road and I think that playing on the road this much has hurt us with our
youth,” said UAlbany head coach Trina Patterson, whose team has dropped four consecutive
contests. “We need to get back home to our gym, work hard, get some of our
confidence back and start making better decisions.”
Kristin Higy scored the first four points of the game, as
the Great Danes held Sacred Heart scoreless through the first five minutes of
play. The Pioneers broke their drought as Cosgrove hit a 3-pointer from the
left side of the arc coming out of a media timeout at 14:47. After UAlbany
doubled up the opponents score by taking a 10-5 lead on back-to-back baskets by
TaNika Thrower, Cosgrove knocked down her second trey of the night to cut the
Pioneers' deficit to 10-8 with 12:02 left to play.
After tying the game at 10-10 with 10:06 left to play,
Sacred Heart embarked on a 14-4 run to take a 24-14 lead with 4:48 remaining in
the first half. UAlbany cut the lead to six as Janea Aiken was fouled while
sinking a 3-pointer. Aiken made the ensuing free throw and came back on the
next Great Danes' possession with a jumpshot to pull within 24-20 with just
over two minutes left to play.
Sacred Heart's Lisa Moray hit her third 3-pointer of the
night at 1:37 to put the Pioneers back on top by seven, 27-20. Higy, who
finished with nine points for the Great Danes, scored two of her six first-half
points at 1:12, but Alisa Apo closed out the scoring for the half with a jump
shot from the right key to set the halftime score at 29-22.
Aiken led the Great Danes with 15 points, while McGee added
seven. Moray finished with 12 points for Sacred Heart, all from three-point
range. Sowinski recorded a team-high eight rebounds and had four blocks and
four assists on the night.
Sacred Heart 64, UAlbany 48 (11/28/07 at Fairfield, Conn. - Pitt Center)
Box Score
Official Basketball Box Score
Official Basketball Box Score
Albany vs Sacred Heart
11/28/07 7:05 pm at Fairfield, Conn. - Pitt Center
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VISITORS: Albany 1-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
24 Sanders, Gia........ f 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 1 4 0 0 24
31 Higy, Kristin....... f 3-4 0-1 3-4 2 1 3 4 9 4 3 0 1 26
01 Ford, Amira......... g 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 30
02 McGee, Britney...... g 3-8 1-5 0-0 0 2 2 3 7 0 3 0 2 20
05 Thrower, Tanika..... g 2-8 0-2 1-2 2 2 4 1 5 2 5 0 2 26
10 Aiken, Janea........ 5-12 1-5 4-5 3 0 3 0 15 1 3 0 0 22
14 Clements, Kim....... 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 11
15 Mikus, Sherri....... 2-4 0-1 0-2 2 1 3 0 4 2 2 0 1 15
23 Iromuanya, Charity.. 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 7
44 Sterling, Joy....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
55 Peterson, Kirsten... 1-5 0-0 0-1 2 3 5 1 2 1 1 1 0 16
TEAM................ 5 6 11
Totals.............. 19-51 2-15 8-16 18 17 35 16 48 12 23 1 7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd Half: 9-27 33.3% Game: 37.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 13.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 1-1 100 % 2nd Half: 7-15 46.7% Game: 50.0% 5
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HOME TEAM: Sacred Heart 2-3
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
22 RYAN, Stephanie..... f 4-7 1-3 6-6 0 5 5 4 15 3 1 0 2 32
00 SOWINSKI, Kaitlin... c 5-11 0-0 6-7 4 4 8 3 16 4 6 4 0 38
11 MORAY, Lisa......... g 4-9 4-8 0-0 0 5 5 2 12 4 2 0 1 35
24 CAIN, Khalia........ g 0-5 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 38
4 COSGROVE, Maggie.... g 2-5 2-5 2-2 0 0 0 2 8 2 3 0 4 38
23 REILLY, Maureen..... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 5
35 APO, Alisa.......... 3-5 1-2 2-2 2 0 2 2 9 0 3 0 3 14
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 19-43 8-19 18-19 6 17 23 17 64 16 18 4 12 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-23 47.8% 2nd Half: 8-20 40.0% Game: 44.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd Half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 42.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 16-17 94.1% Game: 94.7% 2
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Officials: Michael Schmidt, Ron Clarkson, Billy Sacco
Technical fouls: Albany-None. Sacred Heart-None.
Attendance: 438
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Albany........................ 22 26 - 48
Sacred Heart.................. 29 35 - 64
