BOX SCORE POSTGAME CONFERENCE W/ JOE HAIGH
POSTGAME CONFERENCE W/ SFU PLAYERS
LORETTO, Pa. (March 10, 2013) – Down by a point with under 30 seconds to play, the No. 4 Saint Francis U women's basketball team came back to take down No. 5 Central Connecticut State, 66-63, at DeGol Arena on Sunday afternoon.
Nickia Gibbs (Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt) poured in 20 points on a 9-14 shooting night to lead the Red Flash (16-14, 10-8). Jaclyn Babe led the Blue Devils (16-14, 10-8) with 27 points.
CCSU had a 63-62 lead until
Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) made a contested lay-up with 27 seconds to play. SFU followed up with a defensive stop and Williams hit two free throws to give the Flash a three point lead for good.
“It's always tough to score against CCSU, but tonight we hit shots when we needed to,” SFU head coach
Joe Haigh said. “The unselfishness and playing together down the stretch led us to the victory today.”
Saint Francis did not hold a lead in the first half and trailed by as much as 12 at the 5:28 mark. SFU went on an 8-0 over the next two minutes to get within four. Down seven, SFU managed to score four points in the final 16 seconds after a basket from Williams and a steal and lay-up from
Nickia Gibbs (Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt).
SFU took its first lead with just under 17 minutes to play and managed to extend that lead to four after a jumper from Gibbs. SFU took a 54-47 lead after a three-pointer from Williams.
Alli Williams (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds, earning her 22nd double-double of the season.
Rebecca Keegan (Jessup, Pa./Valley View) was one point shy of a double-double, she posted nine points and 11 rebounds.
Rebecca Sparks (Teaneck, N.J./Teaneck) set a new career-high with 12 points.
SFU outrebounded CCSU 48-35,
Shene Fleming (Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne) posted 14 total rebounds including seven offensive.
Saint Francis will travel to face No. 2 Sacred Heart at 7 p.m. on Wednesday for the Northeast Conference Semifinal match-up.
