HACKENSACK, N.J. (February 27, 2025) – The Stonehill College women's basketball team dropped a Northeast Conference matchup on the road at the Bogota Savings Bank Center to first-place FDU, 74-57, Thursday afternoon.
 
Leaders
Freshman Megan Sias (Toms River, N.J.) made eight of her 11 field goal attempts and knocked down her lone three-point attempt to lead Stonehill with 17 points in Thursday's loss.
 
Senior Sharn Hayward (Penguin, Tasmania) also had 17 points, cashing in on three three-pointers to go with four assists and three rebounds. Graduate student Kylie Swider (Portsmouth, R.I.) scored eight points and led Stonehill with nine rebounds and two blocks.
 
The Knights had four scorers in double figures led by Ava Renninger who scored 18 points with seven rebounds and four assists. Teneisia Brown recorded a double-double, tallying 15 points and 10 rebounds with three assists, a steal, and a block.
 
How it Happened
FDU jumped out to a 15-4 lead, converting on six of its first eight shot attempts, including a trio of three-pointers. Sophomore Brooke Paquette (Hudson, N.H.) scored six points over the final five minutes of the first quarter to bring the Skyhawks back within six, 21-15, after one period of action.
 
Freshman Sydney McLaughlin (Hanover, N.H.) opened the second quarter with a three-pointer from the wing to make it a three-point game, 21-18, followed by a three from Hayward and three baskets from Sias in a low-scoring quarter that saw FDU go into the break ahead 31-27. Stonehill held FDU to a 4-15 (26.7%) shooting performance in the second frame to stay within four points of the Knights.
 
FDU made its first three shot attempts of the third quarter, sparking a 9-0 run for the Knights as they built a 13-point lead, 40-27. FDU led by at least 11 points for the rest of the quarter as its lead grew to as much as 18 points, 54-36, before a Swider layup ended the quarter with the Knights leading 54-38.
 
Stonehill shot the ball well in the fourth quarter, 8-14 (57.1%), but the FDU was too much as the Knights secured their league-leading 14th NEC win of the season, 74-57. Sias scored 11 points, going 5-5 from the field and 1-1 from three-point range in the fourth quarter alone.

Noteworthy

• Stonehill is now 1-5 all-time against FDU, dropping three straight games overall and all three matchups on the road.
• Hayward scored in double figures for the ninth straight game, the 24th time this season, and the 36th time of her career.
• Sias's 17 points marks her third straight game with at least 10 points, while being her second-highest point total this season. Sias is now averaging 8.1 points per game in 27 games off the bench for the Skyhawks, the most by a freshman scorer for Stonehill since Kayla Raymond, '22 averaged 16.2ppg her freshman season in 2018-19.
• Hayward continues to add to her Stonehill single-season record of 94 three-pointers made, surpassing a record held by Courtney Walsh, '18 who notched 83 three-pointers in the 2017-18 season.
• Hayward is also just two three-pointers (185) behind Michelle Doonan, '95, for the fifth most three-pointers in Stonehill history (187). Next up would be Walsh, who sits in fourth with 213 made threes.

Up Next

• Stonehill women's basketball (13-14, 9-5 NEC) hosts Le Moyne College (5-21, 5-8 NEC) at Merkert Gym for its senior day celebration at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 1.

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