BOSTON, M.A. – The New England College women's basketball team were on the road at the Bobbi Brown & Steven Plofker Gym on Thursday in Boston, Massachusetts in non-conference action.
THE BASICS
Score:                    New England College 59, Emerson College 61
Records:               Pilgrims 6-6, 1-1 GNAC | Lions 8-5, 0-0 NEWMAC

TURNING POINTS

• Things were close in the early going of the contest, but the defense of NEC began to buckle down towards the end as they allowed for no scoring to occur in the last 3:49 of the first quarter concluding with the Pilgrims out in front, 17-7.
• EC picked things up in the second quarter as they managed to outscore the Pilgrims, 18-10 thanks to the help of their 7-0 run they produced during that time. EC sophomore Bri Frongillo (Hopedale, MA) helped carried the load of the Lions points down the stretch as she scored six of the team's 18 points during the quarter that brought them to within two points going into halftime, 27-25 with NEC still in the lead.
• Third quarter started out in similar fashion as the first with it being closely contested in the early going up until the 4:26 where the Pilgrims scoring began to diminish as they went the remainder of the quarter scoreless as they allowed the Lions to capitalize on gathering nine points to be scored in that span that had EC in control, 46-41.
• NEC's slump continued on into the fourth quarter as they still were unable to find the basket taking up 9:45 of game time without scoring until at 5:19 senior guard Alissia Corona (Wylie, Tex.) got the team going off a made three pointer with the Lions still having the upper hand, 52-44.
• Pilgrims at 3:51 strung together a run of 10-0 that wrapped up at 2:15 coming from junior guard Amya Moss (Norfolk, Va.) from behind the arc that gave the team a two-point lead, 57-55.
• From there on the Pilgrims off night shooting comes but to haunt them as they had no answer to score for 2:08 that allowed for the Lions to acquire six points that resulted in EC securing the home win, 61-59.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• NEC Corona was a huge part of the team's second half push finishing the evening with 17 points, nine rebounds, two assists, and two steals. The senior guard recorded 14 of those points in the second half.
• NEC Moss was another factor in this outing with 10 points, three rebounds and an assist.
• NEC sophomore guard Makiah Scott (Washington, D.C.) concluded with eight points, five assists and four rebounds.
• EC Frongillo had the game high in points with 23 of them along with seven rebounds, three assists, and three steals.
• EC senior Ella Bushee (Walpole, N.H.) recorded 15 points, seven rebounds, three assists and an assist.
• EC Senior Charlette Levison (Atherton, CA) made her presence felt with her double double of 11 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and a block.
• Fourth quarter scoring was in favor of NEC outscoring EC, 18-15. During that quarter the Pilgrims were unable to capitalize on their free throw attempts going one for seven at the line.
• The turnover battle was won by Emerson with 14 to NEC's 21. EC had the slight edge on field goal percentage having 40.3 opposed to NEC's 37.3. The Pilgrims managed to out rebound the Lions 44-30.

UP NEXT

• Up next for NEC, the team will be hosting Rivier University on Saturday at 1:30 PM from Bridges Gym.
• Emerson College will be on the road to compete against Elms College on Monday at 7:00 PM.

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