Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff

A collection of notes, observations, facts and stats that didn’t find their way into the newspaper story.

Reserves digging deep
The UML bench provided 25 of the River Hawks’ 74 points in Wednesday’s 80-74 loss to Stonehill.

Freshman Krissy Little from Concord, N.H., had 11 points in 23 minutes of play. The River Hawks also went on a 14-0 run at the end of the first half with a group comprised largely of reserves such as Little, Liz Desir, and Tamaria Menefee.

Jen Valente, who just came back from knee surgery, played 23 minutes.

“She played a lot of minutes,” UML head coach Kathy O’Neil said while expressing some concern after the game. O’Neil pointed to the foul trouble as a contributing factor.

Limiting the top threats
Stonehill forward Kelsey Simonds came into the game scoring 17 points per game, but she was held to 15 points (including overtime) on 3 of 11 shooting.

Of the five players for Stonehill who scored 10 points or more, only Meghan Driscoll shot better than 33 percent from the field. She was 5 of 6 with 12 points and seven rebounds in 18 minutes.

Numerology
Stonehill shot a paltry 29.6 percent in the first half, and 30.8 percent in the second half. So how did they come away with a win?

Aside from UML’s 31 turnovers which turned into 31 points for the Skyhawks, Stonehill piled up those hidden points with 28 points at the foul line, eight second chance points, and seven fast break points. The Skyhawks also netted three three-pointers in overtime.