PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville College women;s basketball team had their winning streak come to an end at three on Tuesday night, being defeated by Mount Saint Mary 80-71. The loss moves the Valiants to 16-7 on the year and 12-6 in the Skyline Conference with two games left in the regular season.

Spencer Shore (Boca Raton, Fla./West Boca Raton) led the offense with 20 points, shooting 50 percent o the night both from the field and from beyond the arc. The graduate student sank four shots from deep while also dishing out three assists. Faith Johnson-Desilvia (Riverhead, N.Y./Riverhead) added 17 points with eight rebounds, while Jamison Agostino (Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward Melville) had 11 while connecting on three shots beyond the arc.

Niyona Smith (Towson, MD/Concordia Prep) led the play under the basket with 14 rebounds, her sixth time in her rookie season she has reached double figures off the glass. Johnson-Desilvia's eight were second on the team this night, while Claudia Valentin (Cambridge, Mass./Cambridge Rindge & Latin School) and Kristen Scrobola (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas High School) both contributed five.

In a game that saw 17 lead changes, it was a tale of two halves of the fourth quarter that decided this one. The Valiants entered the final 10 with a 59-58 lead after a Valentine basket in the closing seconds of the third put the home team up. Manhattanville scored the first six points of the final quarter over the opening 2:08 to go ahead 65-58, their biggest lead of the night. The Knights responded with a Katie Smith layup and called a timeout to reevaluate. The decision proved to be a good one, as the Knight went on a 19-3 run to jump back ahead by nine for their largest advantage of the night with 2:15 to go. Agostino responded with a three to pull back within six, but the Valiants were only able to get one more shot in the remainder of regulation as the Knights completed the regular season sweep.

Up Next
The final homestand of the year continues on Thursday when the Valiants host Mount Saint Vincent at 6 p.m.

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