BOSTON, Mass. (December 4, 2025) – Emmanuel College erased a six-point fourth quarter deficit to slip past Emerson College for a 72-69 victory in a non-conference women's basketball matchup at the Jean Yawkey Center tonight.
Sophomore Tyra Blye and first-year Shea Canavan combined for 39 points to fuel Emmanuel to the win. Canavan netted 12 of her 19 points in the second half, draining all three attempts from three-point range for nine fourth quarter points, including consecutive triples in the final two minutes to put the Saints in front for good. She finished 7-for-10 shooting off the bench overall, including 5-for-6 from beyond the arc, with four rebounds, four assists, a blocked shot and a steal. Blye scored 12 of her game-high 20 points in the first half to go with three boards, four steals and a block, while junior Geanna Bryant chipped in eight points, five rebounds, seven assists and three steals for the Saints.
Senior Bri Frongillo led three from Emerson in double figures with a season-high matching 19 points, including 14 in the first half, connecting on 3-of-4 three-pointers with two rebounds, two assists and two steals. Sophomore Jessie Silk notched her sixth double-double of the season with 13 points, ten rebounds and four assists, while classmate Lindsay Gould contributed 11 points off the bench for the Lions with three boards. Junior Claire English also pulled down ten rebounds to go with eight points, four blocked shots and two steals.
Emerson closed out the first half with a 14-2 run to carry a seven-point lead (39-32) into halftime. Junior Kendra Dodd and Gould each drained three-pointers to spark the run, while English and Silk capped the stretch with layups in the final minute.
Emerson extended its lead to eight (42-34) with a Dodd three-pointer a minute into the third quarter and kept Emmanuel at arm's length with a five-point cushion (55-50) heading to the fourth. Gould connected from long range for a six-point Lions lead (58-52) less than two minutes into the final quarter, but the Saints rallied with seven straight points sparked by a three-pointer by sophomore Lia Krumian to reclaim the lead for the first time since the second quarter (59-58) after two free-throws from Bryant midway through the frame.
A Gould basket and two Silk free-throws put Emerson back in front (62-59) with 4:22 to play, but Canavan hit her first of three fourth quarter triples to knot the score (62-62) a minute later. The teams traded baskets until Canavan's three with 1:04 remaining put the Saints in front for good (70-67). Frongillo followed up her own miss to pull Emerson within a point with 7.4-seconds to go, but the hosts closed out the win from there.
Noteworthy
- Frongillo scored in double-figures in her 17th-straight game played dating back to last season – doing so after just one quarter of play with first quarter points. It marks the 46th double-figure scoring game of her collegiate career and the 37th game of her Emerson career she has led the Lions in scoring.
- Silk has recorded a double-double in six of Emerson's eight games this season, giving her eight over her career, as she scored in double-figures for the ninth-straight game (23rd career) and reached double-digits in rebounds for the sixth time this year (eighth career).
- Gould scored in double figures for the fourth time this season.
- English posted her third double digit rebound total of the year (16th career).
- Emerson shot 57.7% (15-for-26) from the field in the first half, including 9-for-12 (75%) in the second quarter alone in building its halftime lead, but connected at 39.3% (11-28) after the intermission.
- Emerson buried 12 three-pointers in the setback, shooting 52.2-percent (12-for-23) from long distance.
- Emmanuel outscored the Lions 13-5 at the free-throw line, going to the stripe 20 times compared to nine for the guests.
Up Next
Emerson (5-3, 0-0 NEWMAC) is right back in action on Saturday when it returns to Boylston Street to host Framingham State University on Hank Smith Court at Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gymnasium at 3:30 p.m. Emmanuel (4-3, 0-0 GNAC) visits Clark University on Saturday at 3 p.m.
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