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56
Winner Monmouth MON 7-16, 4-10 MAAC
50
Iona ION 6-15, 5-7 MAAC
Winner
Monmouth MON
7-16, 4-10 MAAC
56
Final
50
Iona ION
6-15, 5-7 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Monmouth MON 8 17 11 20 56
Iona ION 4 19 11 16 50

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Jack Clark

Monmouth's Late Run Downs Iona WBB

Sophomore Juana Camilion registered a game-high 18 points; she has now scored in double figures in seven straight contests.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY – The Iona College women's basketball suffered a tough loss at home to Monmouth, surrendering 11 straight points in the final 83 seconds and losing 56-50. Sophomore Juana Camilion registered a game-high 18 points; she has now scored in double figures in seven straight contests.

GAME SUMMARY

From the jump, the defense set the tone on both sides. With over five minutes gone off the clock, the score was 2-2, with each team combining to shoot 2-11 from the floor. Lucy Thomas' layup at the 4:10 mark made it a 4-2 game in favor of the Hawks.
 
Camilion got on the board with a fast-break layup after a steal, knotting things at four apiece. The Hawks held the Gaels scoreless from that point on, scoring two baskets of their own over the final three-plus minutes and taking an 8-4 lead into the second quarter.
 
Morgan Rachu and Paulla Weekes opened the second frame with baskets in the first minute of action, giving the Maroon & Gold a 9-8 advantage. The teams traded points back and forth over the next couple of minutes, but three straight scores from Adriana Zelaya turned a three-point deficit into a three-point advantage for the visitors.
 
The Gaels went over four minutes in between baskets, with Camilion's layup with 2:32 to play making it a 21-18 game. Iona kept it within a one-possession game heading into the break with a Monica Barefield triple that banked in off the glass at the buzzer. Monmouth led 25-23 at the conclusion of the first half.
 
A 7-0 run for the Gaels midway through the third period allowed them to retake the lead, 32-29. The Hawks followed with a 7-0 run of their own, allowing just one basket over the final 4:57 of the quarter and taking a slight 36-34 lead into the final frame. 
 
De'jah Williams played a solid couple of minutes offensively to begin the fourth quarter for Iona. She scored twice inside of the paint, completing a three-point play at the foul line on the latter of the two baskets to bring the Gaels within one point of Monmouth.
 
Camilion's layup at the 6:16 mark gave Iona its first lead since the midway point of the third quarter. Sierra Green buried her team's lone trifecta of the evening 90 seconds later to take back the lead for her squad. The Maroon & Gold then took it back themselves behind five straight points from Camilion.
 
What followed was a 13-3 run by Monmouth over the final 3:19 of regulation, including an 11-0 spurt across the closing 1:23 that propelled the Hawks to their fourth conference victory of the season.

STATISTICAL LEADERS

  • Camilion led all scorers with 17 points on 8-17 FG. Monmouth had three players in double-figures, led by Zelaya's career-high 14 points.
  • Alexa Middleton finished with a game-high eight rebounds, two shy of a double double. Rachu had a team-high seven boards, her best rebounding effort since January 16 against Niagara.
  • Thomas doled out six assists, matching a career best for the sophomore. Camilion dished out four dimes to lead Iona.
  • Jen Louro and Camilion had a game-best three steals. Middleton and Zelaya recorded the only two blocked shots of the night.

NOTABLE NUGGETS

  • Monmouth shot a blistering 75% on two-point shots (21-32) and scored 38 of its 56 points inside the paint. The Hawks went 0-7 from behind the arc before Green knocked down the lone triple of the game in the fourth quarter.
  • The two sides shot a combined 6-24 to begin the game. Monmouth knocked down seven of its final 10 shot attempts to close out the contest.
  • Iona registered 20 points off the bench, the eighth time this season it reached the 20-point plateau in that category and the fourth time in the last five games.
  • The Gaels forced 23 turnovers and converted those takeaways into 21 points. Iona turned nine offensive rebounds into eight second-chance points.
  • Tonight's game saw six ties and eight lead changes. Monmouth led for 20:30 compared to just 12:56 for Iona.
  • Despite shooting 11% from three, the Hawks finished with a 54% shooting performance from the field altogether. It marks the fourth time this season an opponent has connected on more than half its shots against the Maroon & Gold.
  • The Gaels are still fighting off their demons playing at home, falling to 1-9 at the Hynes Center this season and 1-6 in conference contests in New Rochelle.
  • Iona still leads the all-time series with a narrow 11-10 edge.

AROUND THE MAAC

  • In a battle for superiority atop the league standings, the Marist Red Foxes defeated the Rider Broncs 63-58 in New Jersey.

UP NEXT

Iona heads to Connecticut to take on Fairfield this Saturday, February 15 at 2:00 p.m. The Gaels are 4-1 on the road in conference play this season, but have not won at Alumni Hall since 2015.

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