Blazers Drop Home Game to Falcons

Chicopee, MA – The Elms College women's basketball team dropped a home conference game on Tuesday night to Albertus Magnus College.

THE BASICS:

SCORE: Elms 53, Albertus 66

RECORDS: Elms (6-5, 3-5 GNAC), Albertus Magnus (5-8, 4-2 GNAC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Blazers struck first on a made jumper from Angelica Peguero-Flores (Springfield, MA), The Falcons took an early 4-2 advantage with 6:31 remaining in the first quarter. 

Over the next five minutes, the Blazers put together a 4-0 run to take the 6-4 lead. Over the final minute, the Falcons put together a 5-2 run, to take an 11-8 lead into the second quarter. 

The teams traded baskets to start the second quarter, with the visitor's extending their lead to seven, 19-12. An Elms' lay-up cut the deficit to five to make it a 22-14 game, with just over five minutes remaining in the stanza.

The Blazers put together a 9-6 run to finish off the second quarter, sending the game into the halftime break with the visitors holding the 27-22 lead. 

Elms started the second half with the hot hand as the hosts managed to cut the lead to within one, 27-26, just three minutes in. The Falcons answered with a pair of lay-ups, but the Blazers came right back with a 4-0 run to make it a one-point game once again, 31-30..

A 9-0 Falcons' run that saw the visitors pull ahead, 43-34, with just over two minutes left in the 3^rd frame. The Blazers closed out the third with a 7-1 run sending the teams into the final stanza, with the Falcons holding the narrow 44-41 advantage.

Albertus managed another 7-0 run to push their lead to 51-41 with eight minutes remaining in regulation. 

The Blazers put together a quick 4-0 run to cut the deficit to six, 51-45, but the visitors retaliated with their own 4-0 run to regain the 10-point advantage, 55-45. The teams traded baskets for the next few minutes, pushing the score to 59-50 in favor of Albertus with 3:22 left to play. From there, the Falcons put together a 7-3 run, and held on for the 66-53 conference victory.   

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Peguero-Flores led the Blazers with 24 points and 16 boards
• Abigayl Sherbourne (Auburn, MA) pitched in with 8 points and 10 rebounds

FROM THE DESK OF COACH PROULX:  "I was proud of our effort tonight against a talented Albertus team. We struggled to guard them in the half court, but Ang really kept us in the game with her huge double double. Great thing is we get another chance at them on Monday where hopefully we can have a better result".

UP NEXT:

The Blazers are back in action on Thursday 1/20 when they travel to Lasell University at 6PM.