Box Score WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Sarah Olson (Freehold, NJ/Howell [NJIT]) scored a season-high 21 points and Jamiyah Bethune (Union, NJ/Union [Penn State]) added 17 points as the Monmouth University women's basketball team defeated Manhattan, 72-62, on Kids' Day Tuesday morning at the Multipurpose Activity Center. With the win, the Hawks snap a three-game losing streak to improve to 7-14 (5-7 MAAC). The Jaspers slip to 9-11 (6-5 MAAC) with the setback.

Olson shot 8-of-12 from the floor and 4-of-8 from long range, while Bethune went 6-of-13 from the floor and 4-of-5 from the free-throw line. She also added a team-high three assists. Christina Mitchell (Baltimore, MD/MATHS) chipped in with eight points and nine rebounds, while Jasmine McCall (Manalapan, NJ/Manalapan [Seton Hall]) scored eight points. Dana Carbone (Toms River, NJ/Monsignor Donovan) also contributed seven points, ffour rebounds and a team-high three steals.

Kayle Grimme led Manhattan with a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds, while Shayna Ericksen also scored 12 points. Mikki Guiton tallied 11 points in 14 minutes off the bench. Blake Underhill also contributed eight points, seven rebounds and six assists, while Nyasha Irizarry and Crystal Ross chipped in with seven points apiece.

“I was really happy to see our team shoot the ball well today,” said Monmouth Head Coach Jenny Palmateer. “That's the best we've shot in a while. I think we needed one of those games and really, we needed everything. Manhattan refused to go away. We would start to stretch it, it'd always come back to that 10-point mark and then they'd cut it even further. I'm really glad today was the day we were able to shoot the ball well.”

After Olson scored immediately off the opening tip, Manhattan went on a 7-0 run, including four points from Grimme. Monmouth countered with a 10-0 run and 15 of the next 17 points to take a 17-9 lead and never trailed again. Olson scored eight points in the spurt, while Bethune added four and Carbone knocked down a three. Manhattan scored the quarter's final four points to cut the Hawks' lead to 17-13 after one. Monmouth shot 53.8 percent (7-13) in the first quarter.

The Hawks' hot shooting continued through the second quarter, in which Monmouth shot 56.3 percent (9-16) to extend to 55.2 percent (16-29) for the first half, including 40.0 percent (4-10) from long range. The Hawks used a 7-0 run to extend to their largest lead of the half, 13 points, when Olson knocked down a three and Jasmine Walker (North Brunswick, NJ/North Brunswick) and Mitchell completed lay-ups with just under six minutes left in the half. The Hawks maintained a double-digit lead throughout the remainder of the period, including a 40-28 lead at the break.

Olson led the Hawks with 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-4 from long range, in the first half. Carbone added seven points, while McCall chipped in with six. Mitchell scored four points and grabbed six first-half rebounds. Ericksen, Grimme and Guiton scored six points apiece to pace Manhattan.

After the Hawks' lead swelled to 14 points on three occasions early in the third quarter, the Jaspers began to gradually whittle away at Monmouth's lead. The Hawks maintained a 10-point lead, 57-47, after three, and Manhattan opened the fourth quarter on a 6-0 run to cut it to 57-53. But Monmouth scored the next four points and 11 of the next 15 to push the lead back to double digits. The closest Manhattan could draw the rest of the way was to within eight, 68-60, before the Hawks completed the 72-62 victory.

For the game, Monmouth outshot Manhattan, 44.8 percent (26-58) to 34.9 percent (22-63) from the floor and 35.3 percent (6-17) to 13.3 percent (2-15) from long range. Despite turning the ball over one more time than Manhattan (16-15), the Hawks came away with a 22-10 edge in points off turnovers. The Jaspers took an 88.9 percent (16-18) to 73.7 percent (14-19) edge from the free-throw line and outrebounded the Hawks, 41-35.

The Hawks play the last of their five Kids' Day games Friday, when they travel to Iona. Opening tip from the Hynes Athletic Center is slated for 11 a.m. on ESPN3.