MANCHESTER, N.H. – Tied after three quarters and trailing by one with just over seven minutes remaining, Saint Anselm closed the game on a 13-3 run to down New Haven 55-44 in the quarterfinals on the Northeast-10 Conference Championship Tournament on Sunday afternoon.

Sophomore Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) led the team with 17 points on 8-of-15 shooting, freshman Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) scored 12 points on 5-of-9 from the field and tied for a team-leading eight rebounds. Junior Bionca Chambers (Bronx, N.Y./New Milford) scored seven points and Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) hauled in eight rebounds and added four blocks in her collegiate finale.

New Haven held Saint Anselm's offense, which averages nearly 75 points per game, to a season-low 55 points. The Chargers are the only team to hold the Hawks to under 60 points all season, having done so twice, previously holding Saint Anselm to 58 at Charger Gymnasium back on January 22.

For the game, the Chargers shot 34.0 percent from the floor while holding the Hawks to 36.1 percent. Saint A's controlled the glass 44-32 and outscored New Haven 15-6 on second-chances.

New Haven finishes the season at 18-9 overall, their first time with consecutive 18-win seasons since 2014-15. Saint Anselm advances to the NE10 semifinals where they will face Adelphi on Thursday.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH: Debbie Buff
"I thought we played a great defensive game to hold them to 20 points below their average. After we tied them at the end of the third quarter, we took a few bad shots and helped off the wrong person which allowed them some three-point attempts."

"We have the culture of the program moving in the right direction with a majority of the players returning next season. Our staff is proud of the fight in this team and finishing the season with 18 wins. They were enjoyable to coach and we have some great memories."

FIRST QUARTER

• New Haven started fast by hitting their first two layups from Luzdali Ocasio (Davenport, Fla./New Hampton) and DeBose to go up 4-0 in the opening minute.
• A DeBose jumper in the lane made it 6-2 Chargers before the Hawks tied it up with a pair of baskets before the media timeout at 4:17.
• Saint Anselm extended their run to 9-0 to take an 11-6 lead, forcing a New Haven timeout at 2:30.
• Overall, the Hawks scored the final 14 points of the quarter and took a 16-6 lead into the second quarter.

SECOND QUARTER

• Chambers broke the 16-0 run with a short jumper after a steal by Brie Pergola (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) to make it a 10-point game once again at 18-8 at 7:34.
• Ocasio turned defense into offense by corralling a steal and taking it to the basket to draw the foul before hitting both free throws.
• DeBose scored five more points before the end of the half, capped by a three-pointer just ahead of the buzzer to cut it to 24-15 at halftime.

THIRD QUARTER

• The Chargers controlled the tempo in the third quarter, heating up offensively to shoot 56.3 percent in the period, outscore the Hawks 20-11 and take a two-point lead in the closing moments of the quarter.
• Four straight from Deshaies underneath and a driving layup by DeBose made it a one-possession game at 5:06, and DeBose followed with another jumper to pull the Chargers within one at 26-25 just past the midway point of the period.
• New Haven would then extend their run to 10-2 to pull within 28-27.
• DeBose knotted the game at 31-31 with a driving layup, then Deshaies answered on the next possession with a putback layup to tie the score once more at 33.
• Deshaies grabbed another putback hoop with 10 seconds left to give the Chargers a 35-33 lead, only to see the Hawks answer at the buzzer on the other end to tie the score at 35 after three.

FOURTH QUARTER

• The teams traded baskets over the first three-plus minutes as DeBose and Chambers each had layups to pull New Haven within one.
• From 42-41 with 7:44 remaining, the Hawks scored seven unanswered following a three-pointer that upped their edge to 49-41 at 4:45.
• Overall, the Hawks put the game away with a 13-2 run to take a 55-42 lead with 48 seconds to go.
• The Chargers were held to just three points over the final 7:44 of regulation, as the Hawks outscored New Haven 20-9 in the final frame.

SENIOR SENDOFF
Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) finishes her New Haven career ranked 20th all-time in program history with 1,022 points. She also ranks 12th with 722 career rebounds, and her four blocks on Sunday moved her into second place all-time with 136. She also finishes fourth all-time with a .482 career field goal percentage (432-for-896).