THE BASICS 

Score: Endicott 67, Emerson 60

Records: Emerson Lions (2-6) ; Endicott Gulls (1-3)

Location: Boston, Mass. (Brown & Plofker Gym)

Date: November 23, 2021

The Lead: Freshman Devin Hill paced the Emerson women's basketball team with a season-high 23 points as the Lions' were edged out, 67-60, by Endicott on Tuesday night in non-conference women's basketball action down at Brown & Plofker Gym.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON

Hill: 23 points & five rebounds
Chelsea Gibbons: 12 points 
Katie Beckmann: three assists
Ava Salti: three steals & five rebounds
Chloe Allen: three blocks

ENDICOTT

Sarah Dempsey: 23 points, two steals & three blocks
Tara Laugeni: 11 rebounds & 15 points
Lexi Gellerman, Laugeni & Caroline Waisnor: three assists 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

FIRST QUARTER

• Junior Carla Pelino knotted the score at an early 2-2 tie at 9:14, which was the closest Emerson would come to Endicott within the first 10 minutes. 
• Emerson found themselves playing from behind for much of the first when at the 2:38 mark, the Lions were down their biggest deficit at 18-6. 
• Two frees throw and layup put four more points for the Lions to wrap the opening frame down 18-10. 

SECOND QUARTER

• Nearing the midway point of the second, Emerson began to forge a comeback that began with a pair of Gibbons' shots from the free throw stripe at 5:52. Gibbons followed up in a the coming minutes and singlehandedly tallied five more points to inch the Lions within three at 22-19.
• Emerson kept up with Endicott and made some key stops, which allowed Emerson to stay within seven going into the half with the score at 34-27. 

THIRD QUARTER

• Starting at 8:28 up until 7:10, sophomore Olivia Deslauriers converted three consecutive baskets to get Emerson back within a trio at 39-36. Just under a minute later at 6:20, Hill dropped in her next three shots as the Lions found themselves down one at 43-42. 
• Dempsey put up a jumper at 3:14 to give Endicott the three-point edge back only to see Deslauriers connect on a deep three to knot the game at 45-all. 
• Endicott continued to hold a slight lead over Emerson as the Lions went to the charity stripe to end the third down one at 48-47.

FOURTH QUARTER

• It was in the early minutes of the fourth where Emerson gained its first lead over Endicott, 51-50, behind a layup and a pair of free throws from Hill with 9:21 to go. 
• The two teams remained neck and neck midway through the fourth with Emerson again up one, 54-53, behind sophomore Ella Bushee's trey, which Endicott followed with an 8-0 streak to put the visitors up seven, 51-47, at 4:32. 
• After Gibbons nailed a shot from downtown to keep Emerson within three at 61-58, Hill went a perfect two-for-two on the line to keep the deficit at three with 1:46 to go. 
• Emerson missed four vital free throw chances down the stretch before a missed three pointer attempt with four seconds left went wide as the Lions fell to the Gulls, 67-60.

UP NEXT 

• Emerson enters post-holiday play on Tuesday, December 2nd out at New England College with a 7:00 p.m. tip-off.