Lauren Keeney
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Women's Basketball Kyle Shields, sports information graduate assistant

Women's basketball drops conference opener

Box Score

FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College women's basketball team led by two with one quarter to play but were outscored 20-10 in the fourth by Arcadia losing 55-47.

Inside the Box Score

  • Mia Savoy led the Blazers with 15 points. She added four rebounds and two steals.
  • Marlise Newson scored eight points and had five steals while she and Celestria Hill claimed five rebounds apiece. Hill went for nine points.

How it Happened

  • Hood led 19-17 at the end of the first quarter after Savoy fed Morgan Anderson who converted the fast break layup in the closing seconds.
  • The Knights outscored the Blazers 11-4 in the second quarter with Jamie Manzo claiming six points for Arcadia off the bench. The Knights went into halftime with a 28-23 lead.
  • Hood came out to a hot start in the third quarter after Hill scored and drew the foul. Savoy's bucket shortly after tied the game at 28.
  • Taylor Dunn scored Arcadia's last five points of the quarter to put the score at 35-35. Newson's layup with 14 seconds left put the Blazers up two heading into the fourth quarter. 
  • Arcadia started the final quarter with a 9-0 run that started with a Sydney Barrer layup. The Knights outscored Hood 20-10 in the 4th quarter leaving the final score at 55-47. 

Notes

  • Arcadia held a 39-27 rebounding advantage. 
  • The Knights registered 21 points from the free throw line compared to Hood's three.
  • Dunn led the scoring for the Knights with 24 points. She and Barrier each had four steals. Barrier grabbed nine rebounds.
  • Julia Makowski claimed 11 points, eight rebounds, and three steals.
  • Hood drops to 4-3 on the year and 0-1 in the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth, while the Knights are 5-4 overall and 1-1 in the conference.

Up Next

Hood hosts Lancaster Bible on Wednesday, December 11 at 6 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Morgan Anderson

#33 Morgan Anderson

F
6' 1"
Sophomore
Celestria Hill

#22 Celestria Hill

F
6' 1"
Senior
Mia Savoy

#4 Mia Savoy

F
5' 11"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Morgan Anderson

#33 Morgan Anderson

6' 1"
Sophomore
F
Celestria Hill

#22 Celestria Hill

6' 1"
Senior
F
Mia Savoy

#4 Mia Savoy

5' 11"
Senior
F