FP
Holds Back Saint Michael's, 81-76
Webster's career-high 30 points leads Ravens to series sweep of Purple Knights

Webster netted a career-high 30 points to lead FP to its 81-76 win over Saint Michael's College

COLCHESTER, Vt. (January 21, 2002) - Junior forward Jennifer Webster (Braintree, Mass./Braintree) netted a career-high 30 points to lead Franklin Pierce University
to an 81-76 win over Saint Michael's College in Northeast-10 Conference women's basketball action at the Ross Sports Center tonight.

Webster drained ten-of-14 shots from the floor, including all five three-point attempts, to lead all scorers on the night. She also hit 5-7 from the free-throw line and grabbed five rebounds.

Webster's hot shooting was contagious, as FP
shot 51.7-percent (31-60) from the field for the night. Senior Amina Robinson (Hyde Park, Mass./Jeremiah Burke) registered her NE-10 leading 12th double-double of the season as she totaled 17 points and ten rebounds.

Classmate Emily Liskow (Strafford, N.H./Coe-Brown) chipped in 15 points on 6-10 shooting from the field, while freshman Allison Flynn (Salem, Mass./Salem) dished a season-high eight assists and snared three steals.

The Ravens never trailed on the night, but had to withstand a Saint Michael's comeback from 13-points down to seal the win. FP
built an eight-point halftime lead (42-34) and after the Purple Knights trimmed the lead to five (48-43) just five minutes into the second half, the Ravens answered with an 8-0 run over the next four minutes to take its largest lead of the game (56-43) with 11:22 to play. Flynn and classmate Patricia Lang (Monroe, N.H./Saint Johnsbury Academy) each converted conventional three-point plays during the run.

Saint Mike's trimmed the lead back to five points (56-51) with an 8-0 rally of its own over the next 1:30, sparked by a pair of three-pointers from sophomore Jessica Hanchette.

After FP
regained a double-figure advantage (64-53) with 8:34 to play after a jumper by Liskow, Saint Michael's fought all the way back to knot the score at 68-68 with 4:17 on the clock with a 15-4 run. Junior Jess Hambley led the way with two three-pointers and a conventional three-point play to go along with an assist.

However, FP
regained control with a 9-0 run, capped by a Webster trifecta, and iced the win and series sweep of SMC by hitting its last eight free-throw attempts over the final seven minutes of play.

Hambley finished with 17 points on the night, while junior Liz LeFebvre registered a double-double with 13 points and 18 rebounds (nine offensive).

FP
(10-10, 5-7 NE-10) returns home for the first time in over two weeks when it hosts Saint Anselm College on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Saint Michael's (5-11, 2-11 NE-10) travels to Southern New Hampshire University on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.