Game Recap: wbball | Jan 27 50 Sacred Heart 7-12, 3-5 NEC 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 Box Score Full Schedule Roster Next Game: 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 Bio Seneca Richards #20 G 5' 11" So. Bio Stylz Sanders #30 G/F 5' 9" Sr. Bio DeAngelique Waithe #10 F 6' 0" Sr. Bio Ella Vaatanen #12 F 6' 1" Fr. Bio Denisha Petty-Evans #15 G 5' 10" Gr.