Hawks Fall Short At Buzzer, 52-51
Saint Anselm Drops Last Second Decision to Assumption

Manchester, N.H. (February 1, 2003)-The Saint Anselm College women's basketball team came up short against Northeast-10 opponent Assumption College, 52-51, Saturday afternoon at Stoutenburgh Gymnasium.

Unable to avenge an earlier loss to the Greyhounds, Saint Anselm dropped to 10-10 on the season and 6-10 against the NE-10. Assumption evened its record at 10-10, as well, with the win and climbed to 6-10 in the conference-putting the Greyhounds ahead of the Hawks by virtue of a season sweep.

A slow, yet controlled, first half saw 10 lead changes and four ties with the largest lead at any given point being merely three points. Junior Jen Carson (Townsend, Mass./ Townsend) was a force under the glass for the Hawks in the initial period as she pulled down eight of her game-high 11 boards before the intermission. Greyhounds' junior Katelyn Dwyer (Wakefield, Mass./ Wakefield) cut the Saint Anselm lead to 23-22 with 1:39 to play in the half, and subsequently intercepted a pass from Hawks' junior Molly Dullea (Longmeadow, Mass./ Longmeadow) and took it the length of the court to give the visitors a 24-23 advantage at the break.

Assumption took advantage of the momentum and quickly expanded its lead to 31-23 with an 8-0 run to start the second half. Saint Anselm would battle back behind a strong second half from freshman Lanna Martin (Calais, Maine/ Calais), who netted eight of her 11 points in the second stanza. With less than five seconds remaining in the game, and the Hawks trailing 52-49, Martin collected her own deflected inbound pass, but was just off the mark from 40 feet away. Dullea gathered the rebound and converted for two at the buzzer, and with no impending foul the game ended 52-51 in favor of the Greyhounds.

Saint Anselm was led by 12 points from junior Brianna Blanchard (Presque Isle, Maine/ Presque Isle). Senior Sara Petrowicz (Grafton, Mass./ Holy Name) chipped in with 10 points in addition to the 11 from Martin.

Dwyer led all scorers with 18 points and junior Michelle Towne (E. Taunton, Mass./ Taunton) had 12 for the Greyhounds.

Saint Anselm returns to the court February 5th, when the Hawks travel to New Haven, Conn. to face the Owls of Southern Connecticut State in a game slated to begin at 5:30.

Score By Period	1	2	OT	F
Assumption	24	28	-	52
Saint Anselm	23	28	-	51

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