YOUNGSTOWN, Oh. – RMU women's basketball got back in the win column with a tough road victory at Youngstown State on Saturday afternoon, 67-61. The Colonials improve to 6-12 overall and have now picked up their second win in conference play.

FIRST QUARTER

• RMU opened the game with a stout defensive front as the Colonials only allowed three points in the first four minutes of the game.
• The Colonials also succeeded from the field as they finished the quarter going 6-10 from the field while also having five different players score in the frame.
• Noa Givon finished the quarter with a quick steal and layup on the other end to cut the Youngstown lead to three heading into the second quarter.

SECOND QUARTER

• RMU played one of their best defensive quarters all season as the Colonials allowed the Penguins to score nine points off of 26 percent shooting.
• Not only did the Colonials not allow much from the field but the Penguins also didn't attempt a single free throw so RMU was able to steer clear of foul trouble in the frame.
• The Colonials finished the frame scoring nine out of the final 15 points to give the visitors a four-point lead going to the break.

THIRD QUARTER

• The Colonials had one of the better starts to a quarter offensively in this frame as RMU scored 11 points in the first three minutes of action.
• RMU was able to get the Penguins into foul trouble early in the frame with the Colonials taking 10 trips to the line and converted on six of those trips.
• The Colonials finished the quarter with a Jade Lee layup which would push the RMU lead to 15 points heading into the final stanza.

 FOURTH QUARTER

• The start of this quarter didn't go as planned for RMU as the Penguins went on an 8-0 run in the first four minutes of the frame.
• Youngstown State would push to within five points halfway into the frame but Noa Givon and Jennica Suggs would score on back to back possessions to keep their distance from the Penguins.
• With the Penguins down by multiple possessions with under a minute left they had to foul RMU which led to the Colonials pulling away in the end, 67-61.

 
FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME
This was RMU's first win at Youngstown State since December 18, 2006 when the Colonials won by a score of 84-54. The Colonials lost at YSU five previous times before coming away with the victory this afternoon. This also marks Chandler McCabe's first road in the Horizon League as the Colonials other conference win came at home against Milwaukee on December 7.


QUOTABLES
Head Coach Chandler McCabe had this to say about how her team played today, "Finally put together a pretty complete game, with the exception of some of that fourth quarter, obviously. But really happy with the way our kids played. Jada showed a lot of toughness, and Jennica stepped up, huge for us. And really, really happy with Noa's 20-point performance from start to finish. And just every single person on his team had a really big role to play." McCabe spoke about how the team bounced back after a tough stretch of games, " These kids are super resilient. I've been saying that from the start, they're really, really good kids. They're really resilient kids, and they've really wanted to win this game. And, you know, the message of today was, I felt like whoever wanted to win more was going to win. And from start to finish, you know, they proved that." McCabe closed her statement talking about the remaining two games on this road trip, "You know, we don't care where we play, when we play, what time we play, any of that kind of stuff. So we're looking forward to a rematch with two really good teams you know I think our kids are really motivated to try to get W's on the road."
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Noa Givon led the Colonials with a season-high 20 points as she tied Madison O'Dell for the highest point total from a Colonial this season. Jada Lee returned to action and made a big impact that included 11 points and a team-high three assists. Naomi Barnwell came off the bench and led the Colonials with seven rebounds and three blocks.

UP NEXT
RMU will stay on the road when they make the trip to face Oakland this Thursday evening. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and can be seen live on ESPN+.
 
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