LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. – Despite a late fourth-quarter rally, the Monmouth women's basketball team was unable to complete the comeback and ultimately fell to Siena, 61-54, on Thursday night.
 
Monmouth (10-8, 5-4 MAAC) trailed by as much as 17 in the third quarter before Stella Clark spearheaded a run that pulled the Hawks within single digits with 2:54 left in the frame.
 
The Hawks continued to chip into the Saints' lead as the game entered the fourth quarter and an Ariana Vanderhoop 3-pointer sparked an 11-3 run to make it a three-point game, 57-54, with less than a minute remaining. However, that was as close as Monmouth would get as Siena (6-12, 6-4 MAAC) iced the game at the foul line to secure the home win.
 
Clark finished with a game-high 21 points on 7-of-16 shooting with three 3-pointers. Vanderhoop chipped in with 10 in the scoring column, while Jen Louro and Kayla Richardson added five points apiece.

NOTES AND QUOTES
"We are learning the toughness and discipline required to have consistent success in the MAAC. I am proud that we never gave up and fought to the very end. I hope everyone will consider coming to support our Play4Kay game on Saturday."
-Head Coach Ginny Boggess

-Clark recorded her third 20-point game of the year.
-She posted her 10th double-digit scoring performance this season.
-Vanderhoop extended her double-digit scoring streak to four games.
-She has now reached double figures in the scoring column seven times this season.
-Belle Kranbuhl reeled in a season-high 13 boards.
-It was her third double-digit rebound game.  
-She handed out a career-high four assists.
-She sent away two shots to mark her 10th straight game with at least one block.
-The Hawks reeled in double-digit offensive rebounds for the 14th time this season.
-It was the 12th time in the last 15 outings that a game between Monmouth and Siena was decided by single digits.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-The Hawks outrebounded the Saints, 40-39.
-Monmouth scored 44 percent of its points from inside the paint.
-The Hawks dished out 11 assists on 20 made shots.
-Nine different Hawks got into the scoring column.
-Thursday's game marked the 25th all-time meeting between Monmouth and Siena.

UP NEXT
The Hawks return to OceanFirst Bank Center on Saturday for a 2 p.m. MAAC tilt against Quinnipiac. It will be Monmouth's Play4Kay game.