Lady Spartans Win Third in a Row

The St. Thomas Aquinas women's basketball team won their third consecutive game as they defeated NYIT, 68-51.  Freshmen Briana Sloper scored twenty-three points shooting fifty percent from the field.  Sloper and senior Claire Wilson recorded a game high eleven rebounds each.  Wilson also chipped in eleven points and four steals.  Junior Colleen Vogel scored twelve points for the Lady Spartans while her and teammate Sylvia Davis dished out five assists apiece.

NYIT scored the first three points of the contest before Vogel and Sloper each conected on layups to take a 4-3 lead and the Lady Spartans took off from there.  Theresa Dowling hit a three that extended STAC's lead to 15 with 4:21 to go in the half.  STAC held NYIT to sixteen first half points as they went into the locker room 30-16.

NYIT's Latoya Anderson scored six unanswered baskets to spark a 10-3 run in the second half bringing NYIT within nine (37-28) but the Lady Spartans responded with a 16-6 run putting the game out of reach for the Bears.  Anderson finished with a team high seventeen for NYIT.  Vogel along with freshman Natalie Catavero each scored five points during the decisive run.   Sloper scored eleven points in the final quarter of the game to help the Lady Spartans finish strong. 

STAC edged NYIT on the boards 44-38.  The Lady Spartans will travel to Molloy College on Wednesday for a 5:00 PM tip-off.