ALBANY, N.Y. - The College of Saint Rose dropped this afternoon's non-conference game 61-47 to visiting #23/12 Gannon.
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Senior forward
Nina Fedullo and junior guard
Becca Townes topped the Golden Knights (0-6) with 16 points apiece in the setback. Fedullo, who went 7-of-10 from the field, grabbed a team-high four rebounds, while Townes contributed three steals and two assists.      Â
"As a young team, building our habits and getting better every day remain the focus of our process. We certainly have to get more shot attempts up, but I thought we did an outstanding job of holding Gannon below their scoring average," said Head Coach
Whitney Edwards.
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Gannon (11-1), ranked #12 in the D2SIDA and #23 in the WBCA national polls, shot 50.0 percent (21-for-42) from the field to pick up its seventh-straight win. Sophomore forward/center Sam Pirosko led all players with 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting.
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The Golden Knights trailed by just six midway through the third quarter before the visitors closed the period on a 10-0 run. Saint Rose was unable to get closer than 12 in the final stanza.                            Â
Notes: Townes leads the team in scoring (11.7) and rebounding (5.0)...Fedullo adds 10.7 points and 4.7 rebounds on a regular basis…Saint Rose went 357 days without playing due to the COVID-19 pandemic...The Golden Knights concluded the 2019-20 season with a 64-54 setback to visiting American International on February 25, 2020 and began its 2020-21 campaign on February 16, 2021 vs. Mercyhurst...Seven newcomers join six returning players to make up this year's squad...The season opener vs. Mercyhurst marked the head coaching debut for Edwards, who was named the head women's basketball coach in June 2020...The 2007 America East Defensive Player of the Year at the University of New Hampshire spent the last three years as an assistant coach at Northeastern University in Boston.
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