Women's Basketball Upended By Rams On Senior Day

Hart finishes with team-leading 14 points for Green & Gold

Fitchburg, Mass. – The Fitchburg State University Women's Basketball team suffered a tough 80-58 setback to the Rams of Framingham State this afternoon in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action from the Parkinson Gymnasium.

 The Basic

Score: Fitchburg State 5, Framingham State 80

Records: Fitchburg State (3-22, 0-10 MASCAC) I Framingham State (13-9, 6-4 MASCAC)

How It Happened

1st quarter

Framingham State raced out to a 7-2 advantage as freshman Jacqueline Schels (Hamburg, NJ) drained a three-ball before Fitchburg State cut the deficit to 10-8 when senior Rylie Harlow (Hansen, MA) registered a layup.

The Rams pushed the margin to 20-12 with Schels hitting a jumper, but the Falcons answered back as senior Kathryn Hart (Shirley, MA) connected on a pair of free-throws.

2nd quarter

The Green and Gold continued battle, trimming the lead to 25-23 with senior Caileen Hurley (Whitman, MA) registering a jumper, but the visitors extended the lead to 27-23 when Schels notched a layup.

The Falcons reduced the deficit to 33-30 when junior Kaelynn Tanner (Lowell, MA) buried a three-pointer before the Rams upped the lead to 37-30 going into the break as Schel knocked down a pair from the charity stripe.

Following the intermission, Framingham State went on an 11-0 run, capped by a layup from senior Chloe Rayko (Coventry, RI) before Fitchburg State answered back as Harlow sank two free-throws (51-33).

The Rams pushed the advantage to 57-33 when Schels notched a layup, but the Falcons responded with junior Alexis DeSimone (Ashburnham, MA) hit two from the charity stripe to make the score 57-35.

4th quarter

Framingham State upped the margin to 65-38 as freshman Haleigh Cyrus (Billerica, MA) knocked down a three-ball, but Fitchburg State countered with Harlow netting a layup to cut the lead to 65-40.

The Green and Gold answered back when senior Morgan Genness (Belgrade, ME) hit a layup to cut the deficit to 69-53 before the Rams secured the victory as senior Katherine Haselton (Greenfield, MA) connected on a layup, resulting in the 80-58 final.

This afternoon was senior day and the Fitchburg State Women's Basketball team honored five seniors playing in their final regular season with seniors being #00 Morgan Genness, #14 Kathryn Hart, #22 Rylie Harlow, #23 Caileen Hurley and #25 Stephanie Hart.

Inside the Numbers

• Falcons were led by Hart with a team-best 14 points, one rebound, one assist and one block
• Harlow added 13 points, seven caroms, one assist and one steal
• For the Rams, Schels finished with a game-leading 31 points, eight boards, one assist, one steal and four blocks
• Freshman Faith Greene (South Easton, MA) chipped in 14 points, 20 rebounds and two blocks
• 80th meeting between the Falcons and Rams on the basketball court with Fitchburg State 31-49 all-time when taking on Framingham State
• Fitchburg State shot 19-for-65 (29.2%) from the field and (3-of-24) 12.5% from three-point range
• Framingham State went 28-of-78 (35.9%) overall and (7-for-29) 24.1% for beyond the arc
• Rams finished with a 55-48 margin on the glass

Up Next

Falcons conclude their 2024-25 regular season this afternoon and will travel to the third seeded Vikings of Salem State on Tuesday.

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