FP
Holds Off Saint Rose, 54-48
Ravens hold Knights to 29.1% shooting; Robinson nets 7th-straight double-double

RINDGE, N.H. (December 8, 2001) - Franklin Pierce University
held The College of Saint Rose to a 29.1-percent (16-55) shooting effort from the field - 26.9% (7-26) in the second half - to post a 54-48 victory in Northeast-10 Conference women’s basketball action at the FP
Fieldhouse this afternoon.

Franklin Pierce never trailed on the afternoon en route to its third straight Conference victory, building a ten-point lead (18-8) 5:24 into the game. The Ravens lead grew to 13 (24-11) at the 10:38-mark, capped by a runner from senior Amina Robinson (Hyde Park, Mass./Jeremiah Burke).

Saint Rose fought back with an 11-0 run, sparked by ten points from junior Amanda Young, to pull within 24-22 with 1:12 remaining in the half.

A three-pointer by Bianca Wright trimmed the FP
lead to one (26-15) to open the second half, but the Ravens reeled off a 10-0 run to take a 36-25 lead 4:19 into the stanza. Robinson sparked the run with a pair of lay-ins.

The FP
lead grew to 12 (45-33) after a pair of free-throws from junior Jennifer Webster (Braintree, Mass./Braintree) with 7:15 to play.

Saint Rose would not go away and used a 15-4 run to cut the FP
lead to one (49-48) with 1:13 to play. Junior guard Liz Coughlin (Somerset, Mass./Somerset) sparked the rally with a pair of three-pointers. The Ravens iced the victory with three free-throws in the final minute.

Robinson recorded her seventh-straight double-double of the season (eighth total) as she totaled 12 points and ten rebounds off the bench. Webster led all Ravens scorers with 14 points to go along with six rebounds. Senior Emily Liskow (Strafford, N.H./Coe-Brown) chipped in ten points and five assists.

Franklin Pierce shot just 37.3% (22-59) from the field on the afternoon, including a paltry 6.7% (1-15) from three-point range, but turned the ball over just eight times.

Saint Rose, who was held to its lowest shooting percentage of the season, was led by Young, who recorded her third double-double in her last four games, with 14 points and 11 rebounds to go along with two blocks. Coughlin added 12 points, aided by a 4-7 effort from long-distance, five rebounds and three assists.

Junior Kristin Zeh, who torched FP
for 25 points in CSR’s season-opening 79-62 win on November 20, was limited to five points but hauled in a game-high 12 boards and added three steals. She netted 31 points in a Saint Rose victory at the FP
Fieldhouse last season.

FP
(5-5, 3-2 NE-10) returns to action Wednesday when they travel to in-state rival Saint Anselm College for a game at 5:30 p.m. Saint Rose (2-4, 2-4 NE-10) travels to Le Moyne College on December 19 at 5:30 p.m.