Women’s Basketball Drops First Game of Season to Maine Maritime

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The St. Joseph's University, N.Y. (Brooklyn) women's basketball team suffered their first defeat of the 2023-24 season, falling to the Maine Maritime Academy 87-62 on Friday afternoon.

How it Happened

Following five points from Grace Kennedy (Maspeth, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy), the Mariners scored the next 19 points unanswered to end the first quarter with a 20-5 lead. The scoring run was snapped at 22 after three points to begin the second period. The stanza saw Kennedy and Kristen Donovan (Maspeth, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) combine for 10 of the Bears' 15 points as they went into the halftime break trailing 46-20.

St. Joseph's outscored the visitors 28-20 in the third quarter, thanks in large part to a 13-point outburst from Destiny Hurt (Elmont, N.Y./Sewanhaka) and seven from Donovan. However, the Maine Maritime still held an 18-point lead, 66-48, heading into the fourth before confirming their first win of the season, 87-62, behind a 21-point closing period.

For the Bears

• Donovan led all scorers with 20 points. She added five rebounds, three assists, and four steals to her stat line.

• All of Hurt's 13 points came in the third quarter, shooting 50 percent in the contest. She also had six boards and a pair of takeaways.

• Kennedy finished with 15 points, six rebounds, and two steals.

• Mercedes Perez (San Antonio, Texas/William Howard Taft) rounded out an SJBK quartet in double figures, dropping 10 points and coming two assists shy of her first collegiate double-double. She also collected four caroms.

Up Next

The Bears will spend next weekend at the Hunter College Tip-Off Tournament. On Friday, November 17, they will play Widener University at 5 pm before taking on the host Hawks on Saturday, November 18 at 1 pm.