Balanced Attack Leads Owls Past Concordia (N.Y.), 87-59

Abby Hurlbert rounded out the Owls' double-digit scorers with 10 points in the Owls' Wednesday's night win over Concordia.

Box Score

FINAL SCORE: So. Conn. St. 87 | Concordia (N.Y.) 59
TEAM RECORDS: So. Conn. St. (5-6) | Concordia (N.Y.) (2-8)

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Four members of the Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team reached double digits as the Owls improve to 5-6 overall after defeating Concordia (N.Y.), 87-59, in a non-conference showdown on Wednesday evening at the Moore Field House.

POST GAME - ABBY HURLBERT

HIGHLIGHTS

HOW IT HAPPENED
Southern Connecticut opened the game with the quick 17-6 lead over the Clippers, following a deep three from Abby Hurlbert (Thomaston, Conn.) before Concordia found themselves within five, 22-17, at the opening of the second quarter. It wasn't long until the Owls pushed their lead back up to double-digits and would lead by 20 at the half, 44-24, after outscoring the Clippers 22-9 in the second.

Concordia could only play catch-up over the final 10 minutes as the Owls maintained a 20-point lead to secure the non-conference win.

FIRST HALF STATS

The Owls led the Clippers in points in the paint (16-12), points off turnovers (6-2), fast break points (10-0) and bench points (5-2).
Offensively, the Owls shot a combined 58.1 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes.
Senior Taylor McLaughlin (Colchester, Conn.) tallied 15 of her 24 points in the first.

SECOND HALF STATS

Southern Connecticut's bench outscored the Clippers 23-16.
Freshman Kiana Steinauer (Oakville, Ontario) scored all by two of her nine points in the second half.
Four different Owls (Jana Migliaro, Maddie Brown, Chloe Brinton and Erin Ryder) scored all of their points in the second half.

FINAL STATS

Senior Taylor McLaughlin (Colchester, Conn.) led the offensive charge with 24 points, five rebounds, three assists and a steal.
Senior Maria Weselyj (Marlborough, Conn.) and junior Paige Decker (Pleasant Valley, N.Y.) each recorded 11 points, respectively.
Hurlbert rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10 points.
As a team, Southern Connecticut shot 51.7% from the floor, 37% from long range and 77.3 percent from the charity stripe.