Bramanti fills box score with 21 points, seven rebounds, five assists, two blocks

Bramanti posted her second career 20-point outing with her game-high 21 points tonight (PHOTO BY Mary Gettens)

EASTON, Mass. (December 7, 2021) – Stonehill College held Assumption University, ranked No. 8 in this week's D2SIDA East Region poll, to just five points in the fourth quarter to complete a 62-53 second half comeback win in Northeast-10 Conference women's basketball action on Paula Sullivan Court at Merkert Gymnasium tonight. 

Leaders

Stonehill
Emily Bramanti Senior, Guard: Game-high 21 points (8-for-15), seven rebounds, five assists, two blocked shots.
Kayla Raymond Senior, Forward: 16 points (6-for-13, four blocks.
Isabella Santoro Senior, Guard: 14 points (4-for-9, 6-for-6 FTs), four rebounds, two assists, three steals and two blocks. 

Assumption
Meghan Cramb Postgrad, Guard: 17 points (7-for-16), three rebounds, two assist and a blocked shot.
Caterina Fonseca Senior, Guard: Nine points, six rebounds. 

How it Happened

• Raymond scored 13 of her 16 points in the second half to spark the comeback (PHOTO BY Mary Gettens)

  Stonehill trailed by ten points (33-23) late in the second quarter before closing back within six at the break (33-27) with four straight points from Santoro to close out the half before rallying in the second half.
• After combining for 42 points in the opening quarter (24-18 Assumption lead after ten minutes), the two teams scored just 18 in the second (9-9).
• Raymond, who scored a team-high 13 of her 16 points in the second half, opened the third quarter with a three-pointer that drew Stonehill within three (33-30).
• Assumption scored the next four to restore a seven-point cushion (37-30) after a layup from senior Ja'Lyn Armstrong and the Greyhounds would hold the lead through the entirety of the third despite Stonehill closing back within a point three times in the quarter.
• Junior Monica Spain sent Assumption into the final quarter with a three-point lead, but Raymond buried another triple seconds into the fourth to knot the score (48-48) and the Greyhounds wouldn't lead again.
• Bramanti put Stonehill in front for good (50-48) two minutes into the final frame and the Skyhawks grabbed a six-point lead (57-51) after a Bramanti free-throw with three minutes to go.
• Assumption's second basket of the fourth (2-of-14 shooting in the quarter) trimmed the lead to four (57-53), but Stonehill sealed the win from there, holding the Greyhounds without a basket, while Bramanti scored a second-chance layup and then she and Santoro combined for four free-throws in the closing seconds as the Skyhawks final nine-point margin was its largest of the night.

Noteworthy

• Bramanti has scored in double figures all five games this season, and 18^th time in her career overall, posting 20-plus points for the second time this season and career.
• Raymond matched her season-high with 16 points for the second-straight game and has reached double figures in all four of her games played this season and ten-straight games overall dating back to the 2019-20 season. She has scored in double figures in 43 of her 51 career games played.
• Bramanti and Raymond combined for 25 of the Skyhawks 35 second half points.
• Stonehill shot 51.9-percent (14-for-27) from the floor in the second half, including 8-of-13 (61.5%) in the third quarter, while holding Assumption to 27.3% (9-for-33), including 2-for-14 (14.3%) over the final ten minutes.
• Stonehill blocked a season-high 13 shots on the night, led by Raymond's four, with seven different Skyhawks recording blocks, including all five starters.
• Stonehill shot 42.1-percent from the field (8-for-19) in the first quarter and 46.7% (7-15) in the third, but was 2-for-12 (16.7%) shooting in the second and 6-for-20 (30%) in the fourth. The Skyhawks finished 3-for-25 (12%) from three-point distance.
• Senior Megan Hill hauled down a team-high nine rebounds, all on the defensive end, to go with three assists, marking her third game this season with nine or more boards.

Up Next

Stonehill (2-3, 1-3 NE10) is back in action on Sunday, when it visits Adelphi University for a non-conference matchup between NE10 members on Long Island at 2 p.m. The Skyhawks return home on Saturday, December 18, to host Queens (N.Y.) College for its first semester finale at 4 p.m. The Stonehill athletic department will continue its Holiday Toy Drive to benefit My Brother's Keeper, with any fan bringing an unwrapped, packaged toy earning free admission to the game. Assumption (5-4, 2-4 NE10) is off until Monday, December 20, when it visits Georgian Court University at 6 p.m.

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