Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Basketball team overwhelmed Old Westbury at home on Saturday afternoon, beating the Panthers 94-36 in their first conference contest of the season. The Knights forced 32 turnovers as a team, coming away with 21 steals as a unit 

Saturday's win gives the Mount three straight victories since dropping the season opener and improves the Knights to 3-1 on the season and 1-0 in Skyline play. Meanwhile, Old Westbury drops to 0-3 on the campaign, and 0-1 in conference action. 

First Half 

• The Knights struggled through the opening period but came out ahead, up 19-10. 
• The Knights quickly built a lead of 6-0 after 1:41 of play. Katie Smith (Goshen, N.Y.) sunk a pair of free throws, while Brianna Guglielmo (Smithtown, N.Y.) and Erin Smith (Goshen, N.Y.) both hit a layup to extend the lead. 
• Lauren Desrats (Warwick, N.Y.) banked home a layup at the 5:12 mark of the opening quarter to give the Knights their largest lead of 15-5.  
• An Old Westbury jumper by Shannon Myles cut the deficit to 15-9 with 2:47 remaining in the first quarter. 
• The Knights came out hot in the second quarter, posting a 14-0 run through the first 4:29 of the stanza. K. Smith and Asia Rivera (Saddle Brook, N.J.) combined for 11 of the 14 points during the stretch that saw the Mount build a 33-10 advantage. 
• A trio of triples by Cailean Nolan (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) closed out the half for the Knight;, the final coming with two seconds left in the opening half to give the Knights a 48-20 lead going into the break. 
• The Mount shot a tick below 50-percent in the opening half, finishing 18-for-37 from the field while going 4-for-15 from three.  
• Old Westbury went 7-23 from the field and 0-4 from deep in the first half. 

Second Half 

• The third quarter was all Mount Saint Mary, as it outscored Old Westbury 24-4. 
• Charlotte Twohig (Syosset, N.Y.) scored 11 of the 24 points in the quarter, capped off by a triple off a feed from Kaeli McAnally (Bay Shore, N.Y.) to extend the lead to 69-24. 
• A triple by Katelyn McCann (Blooming Grove, N.Y.) closed out the third period, going to the final quarter with a score of 72-24 in the Knights favor. 
• The final period began with Marissa Campbell (Franklin, N.Y.) drilling a three and a pair of layups to push the Knights lead to 79-25 with 6:52 left to play. 
• Casey Love (Staten Island, N.Y.) closed out the Knights scoring with a layup with 1:27 left, and Tyela Davidson scored a layup for the Panthers with 30 seconds remaining to wrap up the Knights 94-36 win. 
• The Knights shot 19-35 in the second half, including 6-12 from three. 
• The Panthers went 6-23 after halftime, shooting 0-3 from beyond the arc. 

For The Knights 

• Campbell scored 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting including 2-of-2 from three, while coming away with eight rebounds, both of which were game-highs. 
• Nolan posted 11 points on the day, drilling three triples on five attempts. 
• Twohig and McCann provided nine points each. 
• Rivera chipped in seven points, four rebounds and swiped four steals. 
• Love swiped five steals, good for a game high. 
• Eight Mount defenders recorded at least one steal. 

For The Panthers 

• Destiny Jackson led Old Westbury with nine points, also ripping down seven rebounds. 
• Melinda Harris chipped in eight points, six boards and three steals. 

Game Statistics 

• The Knights finished 37-72 from the field and converted 10-of-27 shots from beyond the arc. 
• The Panthers shot 13-46 from the field and went 0-for-7 from three. 
• The Knights scored a whopping 52 points in the paint, compared to 14 for the Panthers. 
• Mount Saint Mary got 61 points from their bench while Old Westbury got just 14. 

What's Next 

• Mount Saint Mary will be in search of its fourth straight win when it takes on Purchase Tuesday night at 6 p.m.  
• Old Westbury will host St. Joseph's Brooklyn on Monday night at 8 p.m.