Gordon Sneaks by Women’s Basketball, 58-55

BOSTON – A late charge by Gordon handed Suffolk women's basketball a 58-55 Commonwealth Coast Conference setback Saturday afternoon at Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 55 | Gordon 58
RECORDS: Suffolk (12-11, 7-9 CCC) | Gordon (13-10, 11-5 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Back-and-forth action consumed the first frame with five tied scores and three lead exchanges. The last swap came when Ellie Moffat knocked down a three to push Suffolk ahead with just over one minute to play. Katie Kirsch cushioned the margin to four, 16-12, at the first break.  

Treys from Maddie Stewart and Madi Mahoney sent Suffolk up eight, 22-14, at the 6:05 mark of the second. The After the teams traded hoops, the Fighting Scots closed the stanza on a 6-2 stretch to make it a two-point game, 28-26, when the teams headed to the locker room.  

Back-to-back long balls by the blue-and-gold, one by Colby Guinta followed by Stewart's second 3-pointer of the afternoon, followed by an Amanda DeAngelis layup restored an eight-point advantage for the host, 36-28, 2:16 into the third quarter.  

Gordon used two straight buckets from the behind-the-arc to slice the distance down to two. From there, the teams would go hoop-for-hoop and a one-point game, 45-44, stood, as the game headed to the fourth.  

The Fighting Scots continued their comeback attempt and six unanswered points by Gordon leveled the playing field at 51 with 4:28 left on the clock. 

Two possessions later, Ami Rivera sunk a hoop from downtown to send the Fighting Scots in front and Serianna Anderson converted a layup on the visitors next possession to pad the lead, 56-53.  

Stewart stole the ball and found Mahoney in front for an easy fast-break layup to pull the Rams back within one at the 1:33 mark. 

Suffolk had chances to capture the lead, but the shots were off the mark and Madison Wynbeek sealed the win for the Fighting Scots with a pair of freebies. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Stewart led the Suffolk scoring with 17 points behind a 3-for-5 effort from downtown to go along with eight boards, three steals, two assists and one block. 
• Mahoney logged 13 points, three caroms, two dimes and two takeaways. 
• Guinta registered 10 points and two rebounds. 
• Amanda DeAngelis contributed 14 rebounds, six points, four takeaways, three swats and one helper. 
• Katie Kirsch had an all-around effort of four points, four rebounds, four steals, three assists and one block. 
• Suffolk shots just 29.0 percent on the day. 
• The Rams excelled at the line with 90.0 connection rate at the charity stripe. 
• Suffolk outrebounded the Fighting Scots, 46-43. 

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WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk wraps up its non-conference schedule Wednesday, Feb. 15 when it travels to Western New England for a 5:30 p.m. CCC contest.