Women’s Basketball Falls to Emerson, 66-48

BOSTON – Suffolk women's basketball closed out its fall semester slate with a 66-48 setback to Emerson on Tuesday evening at Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court.

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 48 |Emerson 66
RECORDS: Suffolk (8-2) | Emerson (7-3)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Suffolk trailed for most of the opening quarter, but surged ahead late behind four straight points from Akiyah Brown and a scoop-and-score by Allison Bono to take a 12-11 lead after 10 minutes. Bono, Brown, and Tatiana Tune each finished the first frame with four points.
• Tune opened the second with six straight points, and Jordan Moreau added a pair of free throws to extend the Rams' advantage to 25-19 at the 5:00 minute mark. Emerson responded with a decisive 16-0 run, fueled by six points from Lindsay Gould and eight from Bri Frongillo, to flip momentum and take a 35-25 lead into halftime.
• Ava Thurman halted a 6:55 scoring drought with a bucket to cut the deficit to 40-27, but the Lions maintained that 13-point margin at the end of the third quarter, 50-37.  
• Emerson closed the contest with a 16-11 advantage in the final quarter to setback Suffolk, 66-48.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING 

• Tune led the way with 14 points and six rebounds.
• Moreau added nine points, six from the charity stripe, three boards, and three assists.
• Ariana Ingram connected on a pair of threes, totaling eight points, while adding three boards and two steals.
• Bono registered a team-high four steals.

NOTEWORTHY

• Tune posted a career-high 14 points and matched her personal best with six rebounds.
• Olivia Verdile hauled in a career-best eight boards off the bench.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk remains idle until after the holiday break, returning to action on the road in a non-conference matchup at Clark Tuesday, December 30 at 1:00 p.m.