University of Massachusets Athletics
University of Massachusetts
St. John's
Minutewomen Lose At St. John's, 84-68
December 04, 2007 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 4, 2007
QUEENS, N.Y. - UMass women's basketball (3-5) suffered an 84-68 non-conference loss to St. John's (6-1) on Tuesday night at Carnesecca Arena. Senior Pam Rosanio (Southampton, Pa.) led the Minutewomen with 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting. Stefanie Gerardot (Fort Wayne, Ind.) had 11 points, while Sakera Young (Glassboro, N.J.) scored a career-high nine. Kate Mills (Elkton, Md.) chipped in with eight points and six rebounds for UMass. The Red Storm's Monique McLean led all scorers with 22 points and Lindsay Sky added 16.
The Minutewomen made their first five shots from the field, jumping them out to an 11-4 lead just under three minutes into the game. UMass widened the lead to 27-17 with 10:46 left in the half behind a 7-0 run, capped off by a Gerardot three-pointer. The tide would turn in St. John's favor for the rest of the half. The Red Storm outscored the Minutewomen, 34-11 over the final 10 minutes of the opening half sending the home team to the locker room ahead, 51-38.
UMass shot 48.4% (15-31), including 3-for-10 from three-point range, in the first 20 minutes, while the Red Storm shot 62.9% (22-35) and 5-for-7 from behind the arc. Rosanio and Gerardot led UMass with eight points each. Mills, Young, and Alisha Tatham (Brampton, Ontario) added six points each. McLean led all scorers with 18 points for St John's with Lindsay adding 14.
The Red Storm used runs of 7-0 and 9-0 in the second half to extend its lead to 69-45 with 11:35 left. Teya Wright (Paterson, N.J.) came off the bench to score six-straight points in a 1:21-span to cut into the lead. The closest UMass could get however, was 16 points, as the teams traded hoops the rest of the way.
For the game, UMass shot 38.5% (25-65) and St. John's shot 52.2% (35-67). The Minutewomen were 3-for-18 (16.7%) from behind the arc, while the Red Storm was 5-for-10 (50%). The battle on the glass was a draw at 38 rebounds a side.
The Minutewomen return home, where they are 3-0, on Saturday to host the Maine Black Bears in a noon tip-off.
