Box Score Feb. 16, 2010
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| 2/16/10 - Highlights vs. Saint Louis 
Bronx, N.Y. - With near perfect shooting from Saint Louis' post players, the Fordham women's basketball team was outscored by the Billikens, 71-60, in Atlantic 10 play in Tuesday night's Pink Zone contest at Rose Hill. The Billikens' trio combined for 53 of Saint Louis' points shooting 22-for-27 from the floor.
Fordham's senior forward Randall Hurst (W. Bloomfield, Mich.) tried to fight the hot-shot shooting as she tied her season-best scoring effort with 23 points, off 6-for-12 in field goals and an impressive 10-for-11 at the free throw line. Hurst has scored 23 points three other times this season, the last time at Princeton on Jan. 2. The senior's 23 points was the second consecutive 20-point game and eighth this season.
For the Billikens, junior forward Lauren Woods scored a career best 27 points. Woods shot 9-for-11 from the field, was a perfect 4-for-4 at the half. Her 27 points were the highest a Billiken has scored this season.
With the loss the Rams are 2-10 in the conference and 8-19 overall. The Billikens advance to 3-8 in the A-10 and 9-17 overall.
The game got underway with a 3-pointer from senior guard Katie Paganelli, but Fordham came back strong with four consecutive free throws and a trey from junior guard Kyara Weekes (Cambridge, Mass.) to swing the game in the Rams' favor.
Fordham led 11-5 at the 15:35 mark before the Billikens went on a 15-0 run, over 5:37 minutes to go ahead 20-11 with 9:23 left to play. Junior guard Kristina Bell (W. Bloomfield, Mich.) put a stop to the drought and pulled up for the 3-ball. Bell's trey was answered by a jumper from Amanda Kemezys, but Hurst, set up by Bell, sunk her own trifecta, only the fourth in her career.
A mishandled Billiken ball led to a steal and a fast break lay up from sophomore guard Becky Peters (Plainsboro, N.J.) to tie the game at 24 with just over four minutes to play in the period, capping a 13-4 run by the Rams.
Saint Louis scored a quick six points to take a 30-24 lead, and post presence from the Rams kept it close at halftime to make it a six-point game at the half, 34-28.
At halftime, three Saint Louis players had perfect shooting percentages, Woods, Kathryn Hestor (6-for-6) and Kemezys (5-for-5).
In the second period, the Billikens led by 16 points, 53-37, with 10:56 remaining. Freshman forward Charlotte Stoddart (Manchester, England) and Hurst scored two in a row for the Rams in the paint to cut the Saint Louis lead to 12, 53-41, with 8:56 to go.
Fordham was able to cut the Billiken lead to 10, 64-54, as Stoddart laid the ball up for two points with just over one minute remaining. Free throws allowed Saint Louis to stay just ahead of the Rams as Fordham was defeated by Saint Louis, 71-60.
For Fordham, Bell aided Hurst's 23 points with 15 of her own with three assists. Peters shot 5-for-18 for 10 points with an additional three steals. In the second period, Fordham outscored the Billikens 20-16 in the paint. Overall, the Rams' bench outscored the Billikens' 31-7.
Up next, Fordham will take to the road for the third consecutive weekend as the Rams travel to the nation's capital to face the George Washington Colonials on Saturday, Feb. 20. Tip off for the A-10 battle is at 2 p.m.
