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Connors
John Steady
70
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 6-5, 3-2 NE10
75
Winner Adelphi ADE 4-6, 2-3 NE10
Southern Conn. St. SCSU
6-5, 3-2 NE10
70
Final
75
Adelphi ADE
4-6, 2-3 NE10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 12 19 17 22 70
Adelphi ADE 23 10 20 22 75

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's Basketball's Comeback Falls Short Against Adelphi

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - The Southern Connecticut women's basketball team fell to Adelphi University, 75-70, at the Center for Recreation and Sport. The Owls fell to 6-5 overall and 3-2 in the Northeast 10, while the Panthers improved to 4-6 overall and 2-3 in the NE10.

Senior Delaney Connors (West Hartford, Conn.) had a career day with 29 points and shot 71-percent from the field. Senior Zoë Amalbert (Nanuet, N.Y.) was also a driving force for the Owls, shooting 50-percent from the field with 19 points and a career-high 11 assists.

Quarter Scores
Q1: ADE 23, SCS 12
Q2: ADE 33, SCS 32
Q3: ADE 53, SCS 48
Q4: ADE 75, SCS 70

 

How It Happened

  • Adelphi set the pace in the opening minutes of the game with a dominating 13-2 run. The Panthers' strong start and surge led them to an 11-point lead at the end of the first ten of play.
  • The second quarter started much like the first ended as Adelphi jumped out with two three-pointers that gave them a 15-point lead, their largest of the game up until that point. Southern found their form with the one-two punch of Connors and Amalbert and responded with a 17-7 run. Heading into halftime, the Owls trailed the Panthers by one and erased the double-digit deficit Adelphi had posted.
  • It was all Adelphi to open the third quarter that saw them begin the second half of play on a 10-2 run to expand their lead to double-digits once again. After two traded baskets, Southern responded with seven unanswered points that cut the deficit to single-digits. The Owls attempted to catch the Panthers, but the third frame ended with a five-point lead for Adelphi.
  • In the final frame of action, the offense on both sides was on full display. After going back and forth with a handful of baskets, Southern powered through and outscored Adelphi, 7-4, to tie the game at 65 even. The Owls took their first lead of the game on a Jessica Fressle layup from Amalbert, but Adelphi countered with a 10-3 run to finish out the game and win by five.

Notes

  • Delaney Connors eclipsed a career-high in points with 29 against Adelphi. Her previous career-high of 20 was set on Nov. 23, 2021 against American International College.
  • Connors is the first player on the roster this season to score 29 points in a game. The last player to score 29 points in a game was Kiana Steinauer, who had 34 points against Pace on Feb. 23, 2019. 
  • Zoë Amalbert topped a career-high in assists with 11. Her previous career-high of 10 was set on Dec. 7, 2021 against Saint Rose.
  • The last player to have 11 assists in a game was current assistant coach, Imani Wheeler, who had 11 assists on Dec. 18, 2019 against Saint Thomas Aquinas. 
  • Amalbert also tied a career-high in points with 19. Her career-high was set on Nov. 13, 2021 against Georgian Court. 
  • Connors and Amalbert accounted for all five of the Owls' three-pointers made. 
  • Renza Milner topped a career-high in points, going 3-3 from the field en route to six points.


Up Next
The Owls will return home for the first time since Dec. 18, 2021 when they host Bentley University in conference play. Tip-off is set for 1:30 p.m. at Moore Field House.


 

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