Junior Mariah Mouzon (Elmira, NY/Elmira Free Academy) posted her second straight double-double and sophomore Jessica Bandrowski (Center Moriches, NY/Center Moriches) added 12 points but Keuka College's women's basketball team suffered a 78-57 home loss to the College of St. Elizabeth Saturday afternoon inside the Weed Physical Arts Center.
The Storm (8-4, 6-2 North Eastern Athletic Conference) trailed 14-10 eight minutes in before going on an 8-0 run as Bandrowki made a '3', Mouzon made a layup and a free throw and freshman Brittany Hadley (Jasper, NY/Jasper-Troupsburg) added a layup during the run.
St. Elizabeth (8-5, 5-3 NEAC) then went on a 15-6 spurt to take a 29-24 lead before a trey from freshman Amanda Kubitz (Spencerport, NY/E.J. Wilson) pulled the Storm within 29-27 with 4:27 to play in the half. But despite Bandrowski drilling a 30-foot three-pointer as the half expired for Keuka, the Screaming Eagles closed on a 14-8 run to take a 44-35 halftime lead.
Sabrina Jarmolinski, the NEAC's leading scorer entering the contest, scored 10 of St. Elizabeth's first 12 points and finished with 29 points on 11-for-18 shooting. She added 11 rebounds and Jade Wilson chipped in with 19 points and six rebounds for the Screaming Eagles.
Keuka hung around in the second half and when Bandrowski buried her fourth '3' of the game, the Storm trailed only 49-45 with 14:29 to play, but a 12-2 St. Elizabeth run gave the Screaming Eagles a 61-47 lead, and the lead never dropped below 10 points the remainder of the game.
Bandrowski added 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks while Kubitz scored a career-high eight points in the loss.
Keuka shot 22-for-66 from the field (33 percent) while St. Elizabeth went 26-for-54 (48.1 percent), including connecting on 12 of 26 three-point attempts (46.2 percent).
It was Keuka's first loss to St. Elizabeth after winning four straight games in the rivalry.
The Storm returns to action with an 8 p.m. home game Wednesday night against NEAC rival Cazenovia College. This will be the first of two games against the Wildcats, with Keuka traveling to Cazenovia for an 8 p.m. game on Feb. 8.