Stone Grabs 1,000th Rebound, Women's Basketball Falls at St. Joseph's

STANDISH, Maine – It was a night to remember for senior forward Brittany Stone (West Bridgewater, Mass.) who collected her 1,000^th career rebound, but no so much for the Regis (Mass.) women's basketball team who fell to Saint Joseph's (Me.) 66-45 on Thursday night in a matchup of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference's top two teams.

Stone led the Pride (12-8, 10-2 GNAC) with 14 points and 13 rebounds for her 14^th double double of the season. Sam D'Angelo (Woburn, Mass.) tallied 10 points, four rebounds and a pair of steals.

Emily Benway (Rochester, N.H.) led the Monk effort with 14 points and 12 rebounds with Julia Champagne (Brunswick, Maine) adding 14 points on 4-9 shooting in three pointers to go along with seven rebounds and five assists.

The Monks led early but Stone's and-one bucket evened the game at 14-14 just over a minute into the second quarter. The Pride would go cold from the floor but only trailed by two when Nikki Bitinaitis (Cromwell, Conn.) broke the drought with a three-pointer. St. Joe's would extend the lead to eight points and head to halftime up 27-22.

The Monks essentially put the game out of reach with a dominant third quarter, outscoring the Pride by a 23-12 margin in the penultimate frame while shooting 53.3% (8-15) from the field. After not attempting a shot in the first two quarters, senior forward Regan McFerran (Albany, N.Y.) paced the Royal Blue with six points off a 3-3 shooting effort in the third period as the hosts headed into the final quarter with a 50-34 cushion.

The Monks extended their advantage to a game-high 23 points (64-41) when sophomore guard Julia Quinn (Fryeburg, Maine) hit a pair of free throws with 3:12 remaining in the contest.

The Pride returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 3 for Senior Day in a non-conference matchup versus Becker at 1:00 p.m.

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