PROVIDENCE, R.I. (December 5, 2024) – Brown University closed the third quarter with a 16-2 run after Stonehill College pulled to within nine to secure a 78-45 victory in a non-conference women's basketball matchup at the Pizzitola Sports Center tonight.

Junior Grace Arnolie and sophomore Olivia Young combined for 31 points to lead four from Brown in double-figures in the win. Arnolie scored a team-high 16 points and dished five assists with three steals and two rebounds for the Bears, while Young made 5-of-7 three-pointers for 15 points, four rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots.

Freshman Aima Ofunrein contributed 13 points and nine rebounds off the bench, while senior Gianna Aiello rounded out the Bears in double-figures with 12 points, nine boards (five offensive), three assists and two blocked shots. Brown took advantage of Stonehill's 19 turnovers to post a 19-6 scoring edge in points off and held the Skyhawks to 1-of-15 shooting from three-point range.

Postgrad Kylie Swider paced Stonehill with a game-high matching 16 points, including 14 in the first half, on 7-of-12 shooting, with nine rebounds and two blocked shots. Sophomore Brooke Paquette scored all 12 of her points in the second half to spark the Skyhawks comeback in the third quarter, adding six assists and three rebounds. Senior Maureen Stapleton chipped in with seven boards, four assists, four points and a block.

 

Paquette scored all 12 of her points in the second half for the Skyhawks, including seven in a run to close the Skyhawks within nine.

Brown closed the first quarter with a 23-4 run to open a 21-point lead (29-8) after ten minutes of play, led by Young's nine points on 3-of-4 shooting from three, while Ofunrein added six points and five boards in the opening frame. Stonehill emerged from an opening quarter in which it made just 3-of-13 shots to connect at 61.5% (8-of-13) in the second frame, while the Bears cooled from 50% (10-20) shooting in the opening quarter, including 3-for-6 from deep, to shoot 3-for-13 themselves in the second, including 1-of-5 from deep, as the Skyhawks chipped away at the lead.

Stonehill scored ten-straight points, including eight by Swider, to close its deficit to 13 (35-22) after a Swider basket with 1:35 to play in the half. Brown took a 14-point cushion (38-24) into halftime, but Stonehill emerged with seven of the first nine points in the third quarter, all from Paquette, to close to within nine (40-31) four minutes in.

Brown emerged from a timeout with a 16-2 run to close the third, featuring five different scorers, but Young buried a pair of three-pointers to close the quarter and send the Bears into the fourth with a 23-point lead (56-33) it would not relinquish the rest of the way.            
 
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Stonehill (2-6, 0-0 NEC) has the weekend off before returning to action on Tuesday for its second-straight Ivy League opponent, hosting Dartmouth College at Merkert Gymnasium at 7 p.m. Brown (4-5, 0-0 Ivy) travels to the other side of the city to visit Providence College on Saturday at 2 p.m.

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