Women's basketball falls to New Haven

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts - The American International College women's basketball team fell 49-36 to the University of New Haven in a Northeast-10 Conference game on Saturday, February 12.

FAST FACTS:
Final Score: New Haven 49, AIC 36
Records: AIC moves to 9-11 (6-8 NE10), while New Haven moves 8-13 (3-12 NE10)
Location: Butova Gym Springfield, Massachusetts

KEY STATS:
AIC:
Nora Young: nine points, four rebounds
Kyla Smith: nine points, three rebounds
Kayla Robinson: five points, three rebounds
Destine Perry: five points

New Haven:
Aurora Deshaies: 14 points, 14 rebounds
Briana Van Cleaf: 10 points, nine rebounds
Brie Pergola: eight points, five rebounds

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Yellow Jackets took a 4-0 lead early in the low-scoring first quarter. After the first frame, the Yellow Jackets led 10-8.
• The Chargers dominated the second quarter as they went on a 13-2 run over the first 8:30 of the stanza. AIC made a late push to cut their deficit to five at the break.
• In the third, the Chargers continued to lock down on defense as they held AIC to single digits and led 35-22 with 10 minutes to play.
• Down 41-25 with 5:37 remaining graduate Destine Perry and rookie Nora Young hit back-to-back threes to bring it to an even 10-point deficit. It was not enough as the Chargers took the game by a score of 49-36.

NEXT UP:

• The Yellow Jackets are scheduled to host Stonehill College on Monday, February 14 at 5:30 p.m.