Farmingdale State – 78, Mount Saint Mary – 68
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. | Junior guard Mia Simmons (Queens, N.Y.) scored a career-high 28 factors to lead the Farmingdale State ladies’s basketball workforce to a 78-68 come-from-behind win over visiting Mount Saint Mary College on Saturday in Nold Hall. The Rams improved to 10-10 general and 8-7 in convention play with the win, whereas the Knights fell to 12-7, 11-3.
FSC opened the sport on an 8-2 run however Mount Saint Mary responded and led 14-11 after the primary quarter.
The Knights outscored Farmingdale State 26-22 within the second quarter as they held a 40-33 lead at halftime.
The Rams trailed by 11, 55-44, with 2:30 to play within the third and closed with eight consecutive factors, together with a pair of Simmons baskets, to minimize the deficit to 55-52 coming into the fourth.
Farmingdale State was down 57-56 with six minutes remaining and used a 3-pointer by sophomore guard Emily Tsiforas (Manhasset Hills, N.Y.) to soar forward 59-57.
After Mount Saint Mary tied the sport with a jumper, 4 straight factors from senior ahead Alexandria Walbroehl (Mastic Beach, N.Y.) and a 3-pointer by Simmons put the Rams in entrance, 66-59, with 2:45 to play.
The Knights closed to inside 4 with 46 seconds remaining however FSC went 8-for-8 on the free-throw line down the stretch as they secured the Skyline Conference victory, 78-68. Farmingdale State made 16-of-16 free throws within the fourth quarter to earn the win.
Simmons hit a trio of 3-pointers and made 9-of-10 free-throws en route to her 28 factors. Walbroehl tied her career-high with 23 factors, to go together with seven rebounds. She was an ideal 11-for-11 from the free throw line to tie the single-game file for share. Sophomore guard Brianna Amenta (Oceanside, N.Y.) scored 10 factors off the bench within the victory.
As a workforce, Farmingdale State shot 88.9 p.c (24-for-27) from the free throw line and tied for the seventh finest share for a single-game in program historical past.
The ladies’s basketball workforce will subsequent journey to Sarah Lawrence for a Skyline Conference recreation on Wednesday, February 4th at 7:00 p.m.