Rockville Centre, N.Y. – The Molloy women's basketball team saw its five-game win streak come to an end, as they fell to the Wildcats of Daemen University, 60-50, Friday evening inside Lumsen Gymnasium. The Lions move to 8-9 overall and 3-4 in East Coast Conference play, while the Wildcats improve to 11-5 overall and 6-1 in league play.
 
How it Happened

• The teams traded baskets over the first 5:11 of the contest, with the Lions answering every basket the Wildcats put up. The score was tied at nine midway through the opening stanza.
• Daemen completed the first quarter with a 7-3 run to take a 16-12 lead into the second quarter.
• Sophomore Colleen McCullagh opened the second stanza with a jumper to bring Molloy within two, 16-14.
• The Wildcats extended its lead to six with 8:00 left in the first half, but sophomore Rosa Rizzitelli drained a three to keep the Lions within one possession, 20-17, with 7:37 to go in the second quarter.
• Four minutes would go by with each team draining one basket apiece, a layup from graduate student Isabel Sanchez kept the Lions within three, 22-19, with under four minutes to play in the first half.
• The Wildcats concluded the second with a 6-2 run to extend its lead to seven, 28-21, heading into halftime.
• After Daemen began the second half with a three-point field goal, the Lions put together a 12-2 run on the back of points from four different scorers. Junior Janel Moore netted five points, junior Samantha Muller sank a three-point field goal, and junior Danielle Hippner and graduate student Isabel Sanchez sank a layup each to bring the contest all square at 33 with 4:44 to go in the third quarter.
• The Wildcats responded with a mini 5-0 run to regain control of the contest, 38-33, with under three minutes to go in the third stanza.
• Hudson and Hipper answered with layups to bring the cardinal and white within one, 38-37, and would trail, 40-37, heading into the fourth quarter.
• The Wildcats began the fourth with a three-point play, but it was answered by Muller with a three-point field goal to keep Molloy within three, 43-40, with over eight minutes to go.
• Over the next four minutes of action, the home team gained the momentum and rallied to an 11-3 run to open its largest lead of the game, 54-43, with under four minutes left.
• The home team would not allow the Lions to get within more than eight for the remainder of the contest and would go on to solidify the victory, 60-50. 

Top Performances

• Muller netted a team-high 15 points.
• Hudson collected her seventh straight double-double totaling 10 points and securing a game-high 10 rebounds.
• Moore added nine points, four steals, and three assists. 

Up Next
The Lions wrap up its road trip Sunday (Jan. 28) as they head to Buffalo to take on D'Youville at 1:00 p.m.