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Tiara Filbert played all 40 minutes and scored 20 points
58
Molloy MOLW 5-7,2-3 ECC
61
Winner Daemen DAEW 6-3,4-0 ECC
Molloy MOLW
5-7,2-3 ECC
58
Final
61
Daemen DAEW
6-3,4-0 ECC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Molloy MOLW 17 11 19 11 58
Daemen DAEW 6 17 21 17 61

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Tom McDermott

Filbert Paces Balanced Attack As Wildcats Hold Off Lions, 61-58

Redshirt Senior Nets 20 Points; Wildcats Remain Unbeaten In League Play

AMHERST, N.Y. - Redshirt senior Tiara Filbert (Batavia, N.Y.) paced a balanced attack with 20 points to lead the Daemen College women's basketball team to a 61-58 victory over Molloy College tonight at Lumsden Gymnasium on the Daemen campus.

Daemen, which was playing its first game since Dec. 17, has now won four-straight games (and six of its last eight) and improved to 6-3 overall and 4-0 in East Coast Conference play. Daemen entered the game ranked seventh in the Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) East Region poll. The Lions dropped to 5-7 overall and 2-3 in the league.

Molloy scored the first 11 points of the game and the Lions never trailed during the first half. Daemen connected on just 3-of-16 shots in the first quarter and trailed 17-6 after the first 10 minutes. The host Wildcats found their shooting range in the second quarter, but still trailed by 10 points, 24-14, with just over two minutes left before halftime. Back-to-back buckets by sophomore Alahna Paige (Rochester, N.Y.) and Filbert sparked an 8-2 spurt by Daemen which cut the Molloy lead to four points, 26-22. The Lions would take a 28-23 lead into intermission.

Molloy built the lead back up to nine points, 41-32, after senior Gabriella Aspuru scored with 3:36 left in the third quarter, but the Wildcats closed out the quarter with a 12-6 run and the hosts trailed by just three points, 47-44, heading into the final quarter. Daemen scored the final seven points of the third quarter and opened up the fourth quarter with 10 unanswered points to take a 54-47 lead. The Wildcats then went scoreless for three and half minutes, which allowed the Lions to make it a one possession game, 54-51, with just over three minutes to play. Aspuru converted two free throws with 1:34 left to make it 55-53 Daemen, but neither team scored again until Filbert swished two free throws with 15 seconds to play. Aspuru scored again with 11 ticks left, but Daemen answered with two free throws by senior Katie Titus (Penfield, N.Y.) which gave the hosts a 59-55 lead. Molloy drained a three-pointer with three seconds left, but Daemen again converted two free throws to close out the scoring.


IMPACT PLAYERS

  • Filbert played all 40 minutes, made 6-of-13 field goals and 7-of-8 free throws and equaled her season-high for points with 20. She also added five rebounds and four assists.
  • Titus added 13 points, eight rebounds and five steals.
  • Paige scored in double figures for the second time in the last three games and finished with 11 points and four assists.
  • Senior Mickayla Ivy (Grand Rapids, Mich.) was limited to just 27 minutes due to foul trouble but still managed to contribute 10 points and four rebounds.
  • Aspuru, a two-time All-ECC selection, scored a season-high 30 points for Molloy. She connected on 13-of-23 field goals and also added a block and two steals.

GAME NOTES

  • The Wildcats shot 46-percent (13-of-28) from the field in the second half and finished 21-of-55 (38%) from the field overall. Molloy finished 22-of-59 (37%) from the field.
  • After averaging 14 three-pointers a game over the last three games, the Wildcats went just 3-of-17 from behind the arc tonight. The Lions made good of 5-of-17 three-point attempts.
  • Daemen connected on 16-of-20 free throws in the game and the Wildcats are now shooting a league-high 81-percent (109-135) from the charity stripe on the year.
  • Daemen has now won 27-straight home regular-season conference games dating back to the 2017-18 season.
  • Filbert has now scored 20 or more points in a game 13 times over her career. She now stands just seven points shy of becoming the 14th player in program history to score 1,200 career points.
  • Titus became the 27th member of Daemen's 1,000-Point Club during a win over Angelo State University earlier this year and has now totaled 1,138 points, 663 rebounds and 137 blocks in 82 career games. She is just the fourth player in program history to reach 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocks.
  • Molloy finished with a slight edge in points off turnovers (11-9), second chance points (9-8) and points in the paint (32-28).
  • Daemen remained unbeaten (9-0) against Molloy at Lumsden Gymnasium and improved to 13-4 in the all-time series. The Wildcats have prevailed in nine of the last 10 meetings overall.
  • Daemen is now 57-13 in their last 70 games, a span that dates back to mid January of 2019.

NEXT JUMP BALL

The Wildcats are back in action Sunday (Jan. 16) when they host Queens College in an ECC tilt.

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