HAMDEN, Conn. – Freshman Samantha Guastella registered a career-high 16 points and eight rebounds on Tuesday evening, but the Quinnipiac University women's basketball team dropped its final non-conference game to Saint Joseph's University, 71-54, on Lender Court at the TD Bank Sports Center. Both teams moved to 9-4 on the season with the result.
Guastella finished with a team-high five field goals which included two from long range. Jasmine Martin (Sicklerville, N.J.) added nine points and Felicia Barron chimed in with seven. Jacinda Dunbar (Edison, N.J.) recorded six and three others had three.
St. Joseph's raced out to a blistering start in this one, as the visiting Hawks boasted a 16-2 lead through the first seven minutes. The Hawks went 7-of-9 from the floor during that span, opposed the just 1-of-8 from the Bobcats.
The Bobcats return to the hardwood on Saturday, January 7, when the team resumes Northeast Conference play at St. Francis (N.Y.). Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. at the Pope Physical Education Center in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.