Center Valley, PA (March 2, 2024) - The #15 DeSales University women's basketball team saw its historic season come to an end in a 93-59 loss to the #1 NYU in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Saturday evening in Billera Hall.

The Basics

• Final Score: #1 NYU - 93, #15 DeSales - 59
• Records: #15 DeSales (26-3 overall); #1 NYU (27-0 overall)
• DSU's season comes to an end with 26 wins for the second time in team history, one shy of tying the school-record of 27 wins.
• The loss snaps a 19-game winning streak and a 10-game home win streak.
• DeSales falls to 1-5 all-time vs. NYU in what was the first meeting between the two teams since the 1998-99 season.

How it Happened

• The undefeated Violets came out firing in this one scoring the first 12 points of the game before the Bulldogs battled back to stay within nine (22-13) at the end of the first quarter.
• DSU cut the lead to five (24-19) after back-to-back layups from seniors Olivia Scotti and Lindsey Welsh early in the second quarter.
• NYU's Caroline Peper answered with consecutive three-pointers to push the margin back up to nine points.
• The lead swelled to 17 for the visitor's mid-way thru the second quarter but the Bulldogs showed no quit getting within 13 at the halftime break.
• It was all NYU in the second-half as the Violets shot lights out in the third quarter building a 33 point lead after three quarters of play and never looked back in the fourth.

Top Bulldog Performers

• Senior Mikaela Reese and senior Lindsey Welsh each finished with a team-high 15 points, with Welsh pulling down a team-best nine rebounds and Reese tallying two blocks.
• Senior Megan Bealer added 10 points.
• Scotti had nine points and seven rebounds.

For the Foes

• Natalie Bruns finished with a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds, adding six assists and three blocks.
• Morgan Morrison totalied 17 points, eight rebounds, and four blocks.
• Peper came off the bench to hit six 3's for 18 points and Erica Miller had four 3's and 12 points.

Inside the Box Score

• Both teams took excellent care of the ball combining for just 19 turnovers.
• NYU finished the game shooting 57.6 percent from the floor.
• The Violets out-rebounded the Bulldogs, 42-35, and the NYU bench out-scored DSU's pine squad, 30-3.