Gordon College Women's Basketball traveled to Newport, R.I. today for a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) matchup with the Seahawks of Salve Regina today. The Fighting Scots capitalized off an explosive third quarter to bring home the 18-point victory. With the win today, the Scots improve to 14-9 and 9-5 in CCC play.

Meghan Foley spearheaded the effort for the Scots registering a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds, Serianna Anderson netted 18 points, while Sarah Gibbs grabbed 16 rebounds and had 10 points. Olivia Gagnon and Madison Wynbeek each nearly recorded double-doubles with Gagnon notching 10 points and seven boards and Wynbeek with nine points and eight rebounds.

For the Seahawks, Torie Scorpio (Sr./Cranston, R.I.) had 22 points, Mary Rorke (Jr./Norton, Mass.) added 18 points, while Hannah Autenrieth (Fr./Hooksett, N.H.) scored seven points while grabbing five rebounds.

How It Happened

• The first frame was high scoring for both sides, with the score locked up three times before SRU took the narrow 22-21 lead heading into the second quarter. 
• Scorpio had the hot hand early in the second, scoring six of Salve's first 10 points to give the Seahawks a 32-23 lead with 6:21 to go until the break. However, the Scots went on an 8-0 run to close the gap to two. 
• With 45 ticks left in the second, Foley hit a layup to tie the score up at 36-all which would eventually hold until the break.
• The Scots came out of the locker room on fire, going on a 12-0 run to go on top 48-36 just over three minutes into the third. Gordon continued to step on the gas pedal, outscoring SRU 27-7 in the third with Foley scoring 17 of Gordon's points. 
• Gordon maintained a double-digit lead throughout the fourth, leading by as many as 21 before securing the 77-59 victory.

Beyond The Box Score

• After getting her eighth rebound in the third quarter today, Sarah Gibbs became the first Gordon College Women's Basketball player to reach 1,000 career rebounds. 
• Meghan Foley has registered a team-high in points for the 20th time this season.
• Serianna Anderson booked a career-high 18 points in the win today. 
• Said Head Coach Carter Shaw: "This is a really big win for us on a number of levels. First of all, Sarah Gibbs reached a gigantic milestone with her 1,000th career rebound. She's the first player in Gordon Women's Basketball history to achieve that number and we're just incredibly proud of her effort and consistency. This game also marks our program's first win at Salve Regina which is another milestone we're really thrilled to have finally achieved. As far as the game goes, both teams came out on fire in the first quarter.  The second was more of a slog so I was grateful we got some separation with a 27-7 run in the third. Meghan Foley is playing spectacular basketball and just continues to be incredible. She and Sarah Gibbs both ended with double figure points and rebounds which speaks to the level of excellence they're playing at right now. Serianna Anderson's 18 point performance this afternoon included a number of timely baskets and gave us a huge boost.  It's been such a joy to watch this group working together."