PHILADELPHIA – A career high 20 points from sophomore
Rayshel Brown and a season high in team field goal and three-point percentages wasn't enough for La Salle women's basketball (1-9) to take down St. Johns (7-3) Saturday afternoon as the Explorers fell, 83-57. Brown's 20-point effort is the first time an Explorer cracked the 20-point threshold since
Amy Griffin did it against George Mason to end the regular season last year.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- St. John's raced off to a 11-2 run to open the game before La Salle chipped away at the lead. The Explorers responded with four unanswered points before the Red Storm closed the frame with a 12-point lead.
- La Salle outscored St. John's, 20-19 in the second stanza, with 11 points coming from Brown. The Explorers took an 8-2 run over a 1:04 span early in the stanza to pull within seven. In a close final 6:54 of the period, the Red Storm held a 12-8 margin to give St. John's a 41-30 lead at the half.
- St. John's opened the third quarter scoring the first five points before the Explorers cracked the board. La Salle jumped on a 12-1 run over a 3:45 second span starting around the halfway mark to cut the deficit to seven. Over that span, team was 4-of-7 from the floor, including 2-of-3 from long range. Sophomores Michelle Nicholls and Deja King each dropped five points on the run. St. John's finished the frame on a 7-3 spurt to own a 60-49 lead.
- St. John's pulled away in the fourth quarter, outscoring La Salle, 23-8.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- La Salle hit a season high 40.4%. (23-of-57) of its shots, including a season best 47.1% (8-of-17) from long range.
- Brown finished the game 8-of-14 from the floor, hitting all three, three-point attempts. In her 33 minutes of play, she added three rebounds, three assists, and two steals.
- Joining Brown in double figures were King (12 points) and Nicholls (10 points).
- King added five assists, tying her season high.
- On the glass, junior Shalina Miller paced the team with six boards, while senior Jeryn Reese added five.
UP NEXT:
La Salle heads to Providence for the Friar Holiday Classic with three games Wednesday through Friday. The Explorers will see Northern Kentucky on Wednesday at 7 p.m. for its first of six straight games away from Tom Gola Arena.
