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Stockton Photo
80
Winner Sarah Lawrence SLC 4-8,4-3 Skyline
48
Purchase SUNYPC 0-11,0-8 Skyline
Winner
Sarah Lawrence SLC
4-8,4-3 Skyline
80
Final
48
Purchase SUNYPC
0-11,0-8 Skyline
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Sarah Lawrence SLC 16 19 27 18 80
Purchase SUNYPC 16 7 9 16 48

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Gryphons Use Strong Second Quarter to Triumph over Panthers

PURCHASE, N.Y. - The Sarah Lawrence women's basketball team opened 2024 as they defeated the Purchase Panthers by a score of 80-48 on Saturday afternoon. The Gryphons had four players in double figures, including Colleen Coughlin and Kaila Dorch with a combined 38 points.

Top Performers
  • Coughlin scored 19 points and just missed a triple-double with 12 rebounds and eight assists
  • Dorch scored 19 points and added eight rebounds and a block 
  • Khailand Anderson-Strawder scored 16 points and pulled down 11 rebounds
  • Christina Reilly scored a season-best 11 points, knocking down all three of her shots from deep

How it Happened

The Gryphons and Panthers played to a tie in the first quarter, with Coughlin scoring five of her 19 points and a late-quarter Gladys Pierre layup allowed the Gryphons and Panthers to stay knotted up after 10 minutes. The second quarter saw Sarah Lawrence pull ahead, outscoring the hosting Panthers 19-7 in the period thanks to six points from Anderson-Strawder and scores from five different Gryphons helped the team bring a 12-point lead into the halftime break.

The third quarter was also dominated by the Gryphons, scoring 27 points in the period and extending their lead to 30 points heading into the final 10 minutes of play. The third period scoring outburst was led by 11 points from Dorch and eight of Reilly's 11 points. The fourth quarter saw the Gryphons remain ahead, using scores from Grace Carter, Josephine Kent, Perry Yun and the aforementioned Pierre to secure the victory.

Up Next

The Gryphons (4-8, Skyline 4-3) will return to action on Tuesday, January 9th as they travel to Brooklyn to take on St. Joseph's for a 5:00 p.m. start.