When and Where:

January 28, 2025 - Newburgh, NY

Records:

St. Joseph's (L.I.), 14-5, 10-4 Skyline; Mt. St. Mary, 11-8, 11-3 Skyline

Results:

The St. Joseph's University (L.I.) women's basketball team suffered a devastating Skyline Conference loss at Mt. St. Mary College on Tuesday evening.

Top performers:

• Junior Megan Spina led all players with  a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds with three assists and two blocks

• Graduate student Charlotte Twohig pitched in with 14 points and a pair of steals

• Senior Felicia Barreiros rounded out the top scorers with 10 points on 3-for-7 shooting off the bench

• Mt. St. Mary's Angelina Donato scored a team-high 16 points with Casey Love adding 15

How it happened:

• The Knights came out to a strong start grabbing a seven-point lead after the first quarter, 16-9

• Their lead ballooned to their largest of the night, 21-11, at the 6:27 mark in the second

• A couple of minutes later, Sierra hit a jumper before three different Golden Eagles connected from long range taking a 22-21 advantage into the break

• Mt. St. Mary opened the third frame with seven unanswered points jumping ahead 28-22, holding SJLI scoreless through the first four and half minutes of play

• After an exchange of baskets, Twohig scored twice for five points inching the Golden Eagles to within two, 31-29

• MSMC's Love scored with under a minute left, but a three from Barrerios in the final seconds cut the deficit to just one, 33-32

• Both sides scored to open up the fourth quarter, but a 9-2 run by the Golden Eagles followed giving them their largest lead of the evening, 44-37, with just under five minutes left to play

• MSMC's Donato made a three and back-to-back buckets from Brianna Guglielmo evened the score at 44 sending the game into overtime

• The Golden Eagles took their first lead of the overtime period via back-to-back layups from Spina, 50-49, with a free throw moving the score to 51-49 with 3:14 left

• An 8-0 MSMC run put the hosts ahead 57-51 with 30 seconds on the clock

• Spina followed with a layup and then made two trips to the free throw line covert three of four putting the Golden Eagles with one, 57-56, and only 10 seconds left

• MSMC's Love went on to ice the game with a pair of free throws in the final seconds to secure the 59-56 win

Notes: 

• St. Joseph's shot 32.3% from the field and 25.9% from three-point territory

• The Knights posted a 39.1% shooting percentage overall and 31.6% from three-point range

• MSMC held the advantage in rebounds, 51-38, points in the paint, 32-26, and points off the bench 23-13

Next up:

The Golden Eagles return to the Danzi Center on Saturday, February 1st when they host SUNY Old Westbury for a conference match-up at 12:00 pm.