Women's Basketball Tops Westfield State in High-Scoring Affair

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Westfield St. (3-4)	22	15	33	20	90
Albertus Magnus (5-2)	23	23	26	27	99

Game Leaders

Westfield St.

Pts: Melissa Gray - 16

Reb: Team - 6

Ast: Chelsea Moussette - 7

Albertus Magnus

Pts: Rah-Rah Thompson - 28

Reb: Rah-Rah Thompson - 31

Ast: Shyla Osmond - 8

Team Stats

Westfield St.

Albertus Magnus

Field Goals

(30-104)

(34-70)

Field Goal %

28.8%

48.6%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

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Women's Basketball Tops Westfield State in High-Scoring Affair

Posted: Dec 04, 2019

New Haven, Conn. – Senior forward Rah-Rah Thompson (Bridgeport, Conn.) netted a team-high 28 points, grabbed a career-best 31 rebounds and blocked six shots to lead the Albertus Magnus College women's basketball team to a thrilling 99-90 win over non-conference foe Westfield State University Wednesday evening inside the Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center.

Following tonight's win, Albertus remains undefeated at home, 3-0, and extends its winning streak to five games. Tonight's win also saw three double-double performances from Andreah Orr (Danbury, Conn.), Shyla Osmond (New Haven, Conn.) and Thompson as well as saw a new program-record set in total rebounds with 83.

THE BASICS
FINAL: Albertus Magnus 99 | Westfield State University 90
RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (5-2) | Westfield State University (3-4)
BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Owls struck first on a three-pointer by Melissa Gray, but the Falcons retaliated with a Thompson lay-up. A minute later, junior guard Cassie Couture (Waterbury, Conn.) gave the Falcons their first lead of the game on a three-point jump shot to bring the score to 5-3.

Back-to-back lay-ups from Orr and Kyah Nowlin (Stamford, Conn.) gave the Falcons a three-point cushion, 9-6, before four straight points from Orr pushed the hosts lead to four, 13-9. Westfield State's Lauren Legere than cut the lead to one, 13-12, with a deep three from the corner, but Osmond countered back with a made jump shot at the 5:05 minute mark.

Despite the Owls forcing two ties, Albertus headed into the second quarter with a 23-22 lead.

Albertus opened the stanza with a 12-0 run capped by a three-pointer from Sammara Streater (Hamden, Conn.) and a Thompson lay-up to give the Falcons a 35-22 lead. Orr drained a jumper, bringing the Falcon total to 37, before Melissa Gray answered with her own three halfway through the period.

Westfield State chipped away at the deficit and trailed 46-37 at the half.

Westfield State trimmed the lead to 67-66 late in the third quarter and had a chance to take the lead, but the Owls' Taina Slaughter could not connect on a pair of free throws. The Falcons held on to a slim 72-70 lead heading to the final 10 minutes of play.

Albertus extended its lead to 10, 80-70, two minutes into the fourth before maintaining the double-digit advantage throughout as the officials escorted the Falcons to the foul line 28 times in the fourth quarter alone. Albertus connected on 14-22 free throws in the first six minutes of the fourth, extending its lead to as many as 14 points, 90-76, on a pair of free throws from Couture with 4:48 to play.

Westfield State hit back-to-back three-pointers to slash the lead down to 94-88 with 2:05 left in regulation, but could not secure the comeback.

TEAM STATS

Albertus Magnus - 48.6% FG (season-high) | 22.2% 3PT | 58.7% FT
Westfield State - 28.8% FG | 25.0% 3PT | 51.6% FT
Albertus out-rebounded the Owls, 83-43, and posted a 35-9 advantage in second chance points.
Both teams recorded 16 assists.
Westfield State finished the contest with 34 points off of 40 Falcon turnovers.
58 of the Falcons' points were scored in the paint.
This game saw two ties and seven lead changes.

KEY PERFORMERS
Albertus:

Shyla Osmond - 25 points (9-15 FG, 1-2 3PT, 6-12 FT) |10 rebounds | 8 assists | 4 steals
Rah Rah Thompson - 28 points (10-15 FG, 8-13 FT) | 31 rebounds | 2 assists | 6 block
Andreah Orr - 19 points (7-9 FG, 5-11 FT) | 22 rebounds | 3 blocks
Cassie Couture (Waterbury, Conn.) - 12 points (2-9 FG, 2-6 3PT, 6-8 FT) | 1 Assist | 4 rebounds | 1 steal

Westfield State:

Chelsea Moussette - 13 points (5-12 FG, 2-8 3PT, 1-2 FT) |5 Rebounds | 7 assists | 7 steals
Melissa Gray - 16 points (5-16 FG, 2-10 3PT, 4-4 FT) | 3 rebounds | 1 assist | 5 steals
Siobhan Moriarty - 10 points (4-12 FG, 2-3 3PT) | 4 rebounds | 1 block
Isabella Aitken - 11 points (4-14 FG, 3-9 3PT) | 2 rebounds | 1 steal

DOUBLE-DOUBLES

Albertus: Rah Rah Thompson (28 points, 31 rebounds) | Andreah Orr (19 points, 22 rebounds) | Shyla Osmond (25 points, 10 rebounds)
Westfield State: None

NOTEWORTHY

This is the 13th meeting between the two programs.
The Lady Falcons earned their third program win against the Owls.
Albertus also snapped a four-game losing streak against the visitors.
Albertus registered season-high's in five stat categories - offensive rebounds (24), defensive rebounds (59), total rebounds (83), assists (16) and blocks (10).
Orr, Thompson and Osmond finished with a combined 63 total rebounds.
Thompson six blocks were a career-high.

UP NEXT
The women's basketball team returns to action on Tuesday, Dec. 10 with a home non-conference game against Old Westbury. Tip-off is set for 7 PM in New Haven, Conn.