JAMAICA, New York – The Marist women's basketball team had its season end with a 68-47 loss to St. John's in the first round of the Postseason WNIT on Thursday night at Carnasecca Arena.
 
Summary

• St. John's scored the game's first seven points.
• The Red Storm built their lead to as large as 10 twice in the first quarter, and led 21-12 after the first 10 minutes.
• Akina Wellere scored five points in the first two-and-a-half minutes of the second quarter as the Red Storm ran their lead to a game high of 12. However, the Red Foxes answered with a 6-0 run to cut their deficit in half.
• The Red Storm closed the second quarter on an 8-0 run, and their 37-22 halftime lead was their largest margin of the first 20 minutes.
• A 7-0 run early in the third quarter expanded the St. John's lead to 19 points.
• Junior guard Maura Fitzpatrick scored nine straight Marist points in the third quarter. During that time, the Red Foxes cut their deficit to 11 points.
• Marist outscored St. John's 16-13 in third quarter, and trailed 50-38 after 30 minutes.
• The Red Foxes went scoreless for the first 3:37 of the fourth quarter until a three-point play by Fitzpatrick.
• St. John's outscored Marist 18-9 in the final period. The 21-point final margin was the largest of the game.

 
Key Stats

• Fitzpatrick led all scorers with 20 points. She shot 7-for-13 from the field and 5-for-7 from the free-throw line.
• Sophomore guard Rebekah Hand gave Marist a second double-digit scorer with 11 points. Hand also had a team-high four assists to go along with four rebounds.
• Freshman forward Willow Duffell grabbed a team-high six rebounds.
• St. John's had five double-digit scorers, led by Andrayah Adams with 14 points. Adams shot 5-for-10 from the field and 3-for-5 from three-point range in 19 minutes off the bench.
• Maya Singleton (12 points, game-high 11 rebounds) and Imani Littleton (12 points, 10 rebounds) both had double-doubles for the Red Storm.
• St. John's shot .456 (26-for-57) from the field and .421 (8-for-19) from three-point range. Marist shot .333 (16-for-48) from the field and .200 (3-for-15) from three-point range.
• St. John's was plus-seven (36-29) in rebounding margin.
• Marist committed 19 turnovers, while St. John's had 14.
• St. John's had a 32-16 advantage in points in the paint.

 
Notes

• This was Marist's second trip to the Postseason WNIT. Its other appearance occurred in 2015, when the Red Foxes fell to Temple in the first round.
• Fitzpatrick had her third 20-point game of the season.
• Marist is now 1-5 against St. John's all-time.

 
Quote of the Day
"They're a very good offensive team," head coach Brian Giorgis said of St. John's. "They hurt us off the boards. … I think we were too tentative, and we didn't take it at them."
 
Records
Marist concludes its season at 20-14. St. John's advances to the second round of the WNIT and improved its mark to 17-14.
 
In Conclusion

• The Red Foxes advanced to postseason play for the 12^th time in the 16 years of Giorgis' tenure.
• Marist won 20 games for the 13^th time in Giorgis' tenure.
• Thursday's game marked the final one in a Marist uniform for senior forward Kendall Baab. Baab played in 103 career games, and was a three-time selection to the MAAC All-Academic Team.