denisha petty-evans

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Sacred Heart Logo
50
Sacred Heart 7-12, 3-5 NEC
LIU Brooklyn Logo
46
LIU Brooklyn 8-11, 4-4 NEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Sacred Heart 12 18 4 16 50
LIU Brooklyn 14 7 6 19 46
Fairleigh Dickinson logo

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Fairleigh Dickinson

1/29/2018 - 7:00 p.m.

Women's Basketball Concedes Defeat To Sacred Heart

BROOKLYN, N.Y. --- The LIU Brooklyn women's basketball team suffered a 50-46 setback against the Sacred Heart Pioneers in Northeast Conference action Saturday afternoon at the Steinberg Wellness Center.

Graduate transfer Denisha Petty-Evans led LIU (8-11, 4-4 NEC) with 10 points and two steals while the Blackbirds got nine points from senior DeAngelique Waithe and sophomore Seneca Richards and eight points from senior Stylz Sanders.

Sacred Heart (7-12, 3-5 NEC) used a 7-0 run to take control of the early minutes of the game but were quickly rebuffed with a 14-3 surge from the Blackbirds. A steal and score from Petty-Evans tied the game at 10-10 and a pair of baskets from freshman Ella Vaatanen extended LIU's lead to 14-10 with 42 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Pioneers scored the last bucket of the opening period, starting an 8-0 run that stretched into the first two minutes of the second quarter and securing the lead for the remainder of the contest.

LIU would not go away without a fight, opening the third with a strong counterattack. SHU took its largest least at halftime (30-21) but LIU Waithe (on a layup and four free throws) and Richards (on back-to-back three pointers) engineered a 12-4 run that eventually trimmed the Pioneers' lead to one,34-33) by the 8:42 mark of the fourth quarter.

OTHER NOTES
  • The Blackbirds set a new season-high in blocks with eight and with 42 rebounds were one board shy of their season mark.
  • LIU had its fourth-best showing by percentage from the free throw line, hitting 5-of-6 from the charity stripe (.833).

NEXT UP
LIU will face Fairleigh Dickinson at home on Monday, January 29 at 7 p.m.

 

Players Mentioned

  • Seneca Richards Bio
    Seneca Richards
    #20
    G
    5' 11"
    So.
  • Stylz Sanders Bio
    Stylz Sanders
    #30
    G/F
    5' 9"
    Sr.
  • DeAngelique Waithe Bio
    DeAngelique Waithe
    #10
    F
    6' 0"
    Sr.
  • Ella Vaatanen Bio
    Ella Vaatanen
    #12
    F
    6' 1"
    Fr.
  • Denisha Petty-Evans Bio
    Denisha Petty-Evans
    #15
    G
    5' 10"
    Gr.