NORTH EASTON, Mass. - Graduate student Jessica Fressle (Levittown, N.Y.) reached the 1,000 career point milestone as the Southern Connecticut women's basketball fell to Stonehill College, 65-46, at Merkert Gymnasium. With the loss, the Owls fell to 11-13 overall and 8-10 in the Northeast 10, while the Skyhawks improved to 13-8 overall and 12-7 in the NE10.

Fressle finished the game with 12 points, seven rebounds, and a block in her milestone game. Senior Delaney Connors (West Hartford, Conn.) recorded 11 points, four rebounds, and three steals, while senior Zoë Amalbert (Nanuet, N.Y.) notched 10 points on 50-percent shooting from the field, in addition to grabbing three assists, and a steal.

Quarter Scores
Q1: STO 21, SCS 12
Q2: STO 32, SCS 22 
Q3: STO 49, SCS 33
Q4: STO 65, SCS 46

How It Happened

• Stonehill jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the first minute and a half of play. Southern responded with a 7-2 run of their own to gain their first lead just under halfway through the game. The Skyhawks finished the quarter outscoring the Owls, 14-2, and led by nine.
• Southern started the second quarter on a 5-0 run that cut Stonehill's lead to four. Both sides would grab baskets on each of the next two possessions with the Skyhawks leading, 28-22. Stonehill grabbed the last two baskets of the quarter to extend their lead to 10 heading into halftime. 
• Scoring was quiet in the early stages of the third quarter with both teams not grabbing a basket until roughly two minutes in. Jessica Fressle cut the Skyhawks lead to single-digits with a layup at the 7:10 mark, 34-26. Stonehill snagged five-straight points before Amalbert and Alexa Kellner (Stamford, Conn.) grabbed a pair of layups. The Skyhawks closed the final minute and a half of the frame with an 8-3 run, which gave them their largest lead to that point, 49-33.

• Both sides traded shots to start the fourth quarter as neither scored in two-straight basket until the 6:47 mark when Stonehill picked up five-points on back-to-back baskets, 59-38, and obtained their largest lead of the game. Despite the Owls outscoring the Skyhawks, 9-6, in the remaining minutes of the game, Stonehilll's poised play helped them to victory at home.

Notes

• Jessica Fressle recorded her 1,000th career point in the third quarter. Fressle now sits 23rd all-time in program history in career points. The last player to reach 1,000 career points was now-assistant coach Imani Wheeler, who reached the feat in 2020. 
• Fressle also registered her 500th career rebound.
• Delaney Connors matched a career-high in steals with three. Her career-high was originally set on Nov. 11, 2021 against Caldwell. 
• Zoë Amalbert has at least three assists in 23 of her 24 games played this season. 

Up Next
The Owls will host Adelphi University on Tuesday, Feb. 22 for Senior Night and Southern's regular season finale.