STATEN ISLAND – The Holy Family women's basketball team made a third quarter push to nearly erase a double-digit deficit, only to have Franklin Pierce respond with one its own en route to a 62-51 win over HFU on Sunday afternoon.  
 
Individual Highlights

• Lindsay Tretter (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Wood) was the lone Tiger in double-figures with 10 points and was one of four Tigers with a game-high two steals, joining Carolyn Prevost (Belle Mead, N.J./Montgomery), Moe Moore (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) and Ava Morrow (Morgantown, Pa./Twin Valley)
• Prevost added nine points on 4-of-6 shooting and Jessica Riepe (Marlboro, N.J./Marlboro) finished with eight
• Taylor Hinkle (Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South) led Holy Family with seven rebounds in 13 minutes off the bench
• Skyler Searfoss (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe Area) paced the Tigers with four assists, with Moore adding three
• Emma Ingersoll-Weng (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City West) notably scored her first collegiate basket

 
Inside the Box Score

• HFU outscored the Ravens 16-7 in second-chance points, despite getting outrebounded by 11
• FPU outshot the Tigers 43.5-31.5 percent and held a 26-14 edge in points in the paint

 
How it Happened 
First Quarter

• Prevost opened the scoring with a layup in the first minutes, but the Ravens scored the next 10 points to go ahead by eight 4:26 in
• Holy Family chipped away with the four straight points and got within six, 8-14, when Hinkle closed the quarter with two free throws

Second Quarter

•  The two teams alternated points over the first half of the second period, until seven unanswered established a first half-high 13-point lead, 14-27, on a 3-pointer 3:15 ahead of the break
• An Anujin Dashdorj (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery) 3-pointer four second before the buzzer cut the deficit back to single-digits, 22-31, heading into the locker room

Third Quarter

• Prevost opened the second half with an and-one just 37 seconds in, beginning a rally that saw the Tigers get as close as two, 32-34, when Tretter nailed a triple with 7:41 showing
• FPU immediately responded with the next eight points though, res-establishing a double-digit advantage, 42-32, with 3:31 on the clock
• Tretter's layup momentarily made it a single-digit game again, but this time the Ravens scored 10 straight to open up an 18-point lead 45 seconds ahead of the final quarter
• Franklin Pierce then answered an HFU free throw with one final basket, capping a 20-3 run for a 19-point advantage, 54-35, entering the fourth

Fourth Quarter

• The Ravens built a game-high 22-point lead, 62-40, midway through the final period, before the Tigers scored the final 11 points, highlighted by two trifectas from Riepe

 
Up Next
Holy Family hosts University of the District of Columbia in its home-opener on Wednesday at 8 p.m.