Lee Ferris

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St. Joseph's (Brkln) SJCBK 2-11,2-8 Skyline

Mount Saint Mary MSMC-W 11-2,9-0 Skyline

St. Joseph's (Brkln) SJCBK

2-11,2-8 Skyline

Final

Jan. 18, 2022

Mount Saint Mary MSMC-W

11-2,9-0 Skyline

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
St. Joseph's (Brkln) SJCBK	20	13	20	18	71
Mount Saint Mary MSMC-W	23	26	16	28	93

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 1/18/2022 11:15:00 PM

Knights Cruise Past St. Joseph’s-Brooklyn, Push Winning Streak To Seven

Smith matches career-high with 21 points

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Newburgh, N.Y. – Morina Bojka (Prospect, Conn.) led all players with 24 points and Katie Smith (Goshen, N.Y.) matched her career-high with 21 tallies as the Mount Saint Mary College Women's Basketball team eased to its seventh straight win with a 93-71 victory over visiting St. Joseph's-Brooklyn Tuesday evening.

Tuesday's win improves Mount Saint Mary to 11-2 overall and a perfect 9-0 in Skyline Conference play and gives the Knights 12 wins in the last 14 meetings with the Bears.

First Half

The Knights opened a 15-7 lead on a Shannon Phelan (Tappan, N.Y.) three-pointer with 4:24 left in the opening period.
The Bears would slice their disadvantage down to a single point, at 18-17, on a Grace Kennedy three-pointer and knotted the score at 20-20 on an Emma Kiley triple with 21 seconds left in the first frame.
Mount Saint Mary came right back with a Smith three-pointer with five seconds left in the first period to give the Knights a 23-20 advantage after 10 minutes of action.
The Knights shot 40.9-percent in the first quarter and connected on four three-point field goals.
Mount Saint Mary never trailed in the second period, but after seeing its lead dwindled to a single point, Asia Rivera (Saddle Brook, N.J.) drilled a triple to push the Knights in front 26-22.
The Mount's lead grew to double-figures for the first time when a Rivera three with 6:35 left before halftime moved the Knights in front 36-24.
The lead grew to a half-high 19 points on a Phelan jumper with 2:44 left in the second quarter before the Knights went to the intermission with a 49-33 advantage.
Mount Saint Mary shot an even 40-percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes and connected on eight three-point field goals.
St. Joseph's shot 42.9-percent and hit on five triples in the first half.
Erin Smith (Goshen, N.Y.) led all scorers at the break with 12 points on the strength of three triples in the first half.

Second Half

The Mount Saint Mary lead would not dip below 11 in the third period and grew as large as 18 twice in the third quarter.
K. Smith gave the Knights a 51-33 lead with a layup early in the frame and Bojka pushed the Mount in front 59-41 with a conversion at the 3:34 mark of the quarter.
After having its lead cut to 65-53 on a Grace Kennedy three in the closing seconds of the third, the Knights scored the first eight points of the final frame to open a 73-53 lead on a K.Smith bucket with 7:17 left to play.
The Mount's advantage went on the grow to a game-high 22 points twice in the final minute, once on a K. Smith jumper with 55 seconds left and again on a K. Smith conversion with 15 ticks left that gave the Knights the final 93-71 decision.
Mount Saint Mary finished the second half shooting 43.9-percent despite a 2-for-14 effort from three-point range.
St. Joseph's shot 43.2-percent after halftime and knocked down five three-pointers.
Bojka scored 16 of her game-high point total after halftime, going 5-for-14 from the floor and 6-for-8 from the free-throw line.
Kiley scored 14 points for the Bears after the break on the strength of 7-for-15 shooting.

For The Knights

Bojka reached at least 20 points in a game for the third time this season after going 8-for-25 from the floor and 8-for-11 from the free-throw line. She narrowly missed a triple double after producing nine rebounds and seven assists.
Smith matched her career-high after going 10-for-18 from the floor, joining Bojka with a game-high seven assists.
E. Smith and Lauren Desrats (Warwick, N.Y.) each contributed 14 points to the winning effort with Smith canning three triples and Desrats swiping five steals.
Gabriella Rafaniello (Brooklyn, N.Y.) rounded out a strong game with seven points, six rebounds, two assists and four blocked shots off the bench.

For The Bears

Kiley led the way with 21 points after going 10-for-19 from the floor. She added nine rebounds, an assist and a blocked shot for the Bears.
Kennedy poured in 18 points, connecting on five three-pointers, adding seven rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals.
Fatima Monsour chipped in eight points and seven rebounds.
Jamie Provino totaled six points, nine rebounds and a team-high five assists.

Game Statistics

Mount Saint Mary wrapped up the win shooting 41.9-percent from the field and knocked in 10 three-pointers.
St. Joseph's converted at 43.1-percent and also connected on 10 triples.
Mount Saint Mary outscored the Bears 11-5 from the free-throw line.
The Knights outscored the Bears 36-26 in the paint and 28-2 in transition.
The Mount defense forced 29 turnovers, leading to a 29-4 edge in points off of miscues.

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