Saint Joseph Downs Mitchell In Women's Basketball Game

Mitchell College fought a hard game in the early stages of Thursday's game against Saint Joseph College, but ultimately couldn't overcome the Blue Jays. The following information was provided by Will Schubert, sports information director at Saint Joseph College:

Mary Hyde (Derby, Conn.) scored 19 points, all in 15 first-half minutes, to help lead Saint Joseph College past  Mitchell, 92-58 Thursday in a non-conference game at the O'Connell Center.

Hyde made eight of nine shots including two three-pointers and led five Blue Jays in double figures. Lindsay Feducia (Beacon Falls, Conn.) had 15 points and six assists for Saint Joseph and Devon Diliberto (Waterbury, Conn.) scored 12. Brianna Ferraro (Waterbury, Conn.) scored 10 points for the Blue Jays and Claire Consonni (Bristol, Conn.) had 10 points, six rebounds and four assists.

The early stages of the game were closely contested. The Blue Jays did build a 10-point lead, but it was cut to five at 24-19 on a transition layup by Zilka Navarro (Waterbury, Conn.) with 8:54 left in the first half. Saint Joseph (4-1) then held Mitchell (1-4) scoreless over the next 6:34. Hyde scored nine and Consonni seven in a 23-0 run that put the Blue Jays ahead 47-19.

Saint Joseph shot a blistering 69 percent (20-for-29) from the floor in the first half and made six of eight three-pointers to lead 52-22 at the break. The Blue Jays finished 35-for-69 (51 percent) from the floor and made 10 of 20 three-pointers. Mitchell shot 34 percent (22-for-65).

Sheanna James (Waterbury, Conn.) scored a team-high 15 points for Mitchell and had a game-high eight rebounds. Bianca Young (Bridgeport, Conn.) scored 13 for the Mariners and Navarro had 12.

Saint Joseph plays at , Sat. Dec. 3 at 1 p.m. and plays its final home game of the fall semester, Mon. Dec. 5 when it hosts Daniel Webster at 7 p.m.