ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The 2021-22 season came to a close for the Monmouth women's basketball team in the first round of the MAAC Tournament on Tuesday as the Hawks fell to Canisius, 71-65.
 
The Hawks (14-16, 9-11 MAAC) trailed late in the fourth quarter, but made it a three-point game after Jen Louro buried a shot from beyond the arc. However, the Golden Griffins (6-24, 3-17 MAAC) came right back down and got a timely and-1 bucket with 48 seconds left before going on to seal the tournament victory.
 
In her final collegiate game, Stella Clark led all Monmouth scorers with 19 points to go along with a team-best six assists and four boards. Lucy Thomas finished the afternoon with 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting to pair with a team-high six rebounds.
 
Brianna Livingston scored a career-high 10 points, while Jen Louro added 10 in the scoring column as well.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
"Credit Canisius. Fantastic job by Sahar in her first year of establishing their identity and how they want to play. Her kids came ready today and made it really tough on us. All the credit to them. I thought we battled. That's one thing about this team all season long. There's been a boatload of fight from start to finish and I am really proud of that."
-Head Coach Ginny Boggess

-Monmouth finished the 2021-22 season with 14 wins.
-It's the most wins in a season for the program since the 2016-17 campaign.
-Clark posted her 18th double-digit scoring performance.
-She finished tied for 18th with Amanda Rosato '01 for single season 3-pointers made in program history.
-Thomas reached double figures for the sixth time this season.
-It was her fifth career double-digit scoring outing against Canisius.
-Livingston scored in double figures for the first time in her career.
-Louro posted her eighth double-digit scoring game.
-Tuesday's game marked the fourth all-time postseason meeting between Monmouth and Canisius.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Monmouth had four Hawks score in double figures for the fourth time this season.
-The Hawks held the edge in rebounds, 33-32.
-Monmouth corralled 16 offensive rebounds.
-The Hawks assisted on 52 percent of their made baskets.
-Monmouth scored 22 points off 17 Canisius turnovers.
-The Hawks scored 58 percent of their points from inside the paint.
-The Monmouth bench scored 24 points.