AMHERST, Mass. - The Albertus Magnus College women's basketball team had its two-game winning streak snapped in a 64-57 loss to Amherst in non-conference action on Tuesday evening.
Caitlyn Scott (White Plains, N.Y.) led the way with 18 points. Natasha Rivera (Ansonia, Conn.) scored 12 points and had ten rebounds for her second-straight double-double.
THE BASICS
FINAL: Amherst 64 | Albertus 57
RECORDS: Albertus (4-3) | Amherst (4-0)
BOXSCORE
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Amherst jumped to an early 5-2 lead before Amanda Zdru (Stratford, Conn.) tied the game up with a three at the 7:46 mark in the first.
- The teams swapped lead seven times in the first quarter with the Falcons taking their biggest lead of 15-13 with 1:38 remaining after four straight points, including two from Diamond White and two free throws from Rivera.
- A three-pointer at the buzzer from Annie McCarthy gave Amherst a slim 16-15 lead at the end of the first.
- The Falcons took a brief 17-16 lead in the second after a layup from White ten seconds into the quarter, but seven straight points from Amherst, including a three from Reeya Patel put it up 23-17 just 51 seconds into the quarter.
- Five straight points from Scott cut the Falcons' deficit to 23-22 with 7:36 left, but a 17-5 run over the next five minutes put Amherst in control at 40-27 as the Mammoths hit three three-pointers during the run.
- Albertus held Amherst scoreless the final 2:30 of the half as it crept back to cut their deficit to 40-31 as White scored four straight points to end the half.
- The Mammoths opened up the third taking a 44-31 lead, but the Falcons responded, scoring nine straight as Scott, Rivera and White all had field goals during the run.
- Albertus was held without a field goal over the final 5:46 as the Mammoths scored the final five points in the last minute, capped by a three from Kori Barach to take a 55-4 lead going into the fourth.
- Barach hit a three at the 7:07 mark of the fourth to give Amherst its biggest lead at 60-46. It was the last field goal Albertus would allow as the Falcons made a rally, going on an 11-1 run behind four points from Jakara Murray-Leach (Norwalk, Conn.), and a three to end the run by Scott at the 1:45 mark.
- The Falcons, however, would not get closer the rest of the way and Amherst went 3-for-4 in the final minute from the free-throw line.
TEAM STATS
Albertus: 33.3 FG% | 21.4 3PT% | 92.3 FT%
Amherst: 34.4 FG% | 37.0 3PT% | 71.4 FT%
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS
Albertus
Caitlyn Scott 18 Points | 5-5 FT | 4 Rebounds
Natasha Rivera 12 Points | 10 Rebounds | 4 Steals
Diamond White 15 Points | 5 Steals | 3-3 FT | 4 Rebounds
Amherst
Kori Barach 19 Points | 12 Rebounds | 5 Assists | 3 Steals
Annie McCarthy 19 Points | 14 Rebounds | 4 Assists
Reeya Patel 13 Points | 7 Rebounds
NOTEWORTHY
- Scott has scored in double figures in all seven games this season.
- Amherst has won all seven meetings against the Falcons.
- There were four ties and nine lead changes
- Albertus had 12 fastbreak points and did not allow any to Amherst.
- Albertus forced 25 overs, scoring 17 points off of them.
UP NEXT
The Falcons will take on the Coast Guard on November 29 on the road at 5:30 p.m.