WORCESTER (February 21, 2017) – Franklin Pierce University women's basketball senior guard Dana Campbell (Merrick, N.Y.) ended her collegiate hoops career in style tallying a personal-best 21 points in her final collegiate game as the Ravens fell 68-49 to Northeast-10 Conference opponent Assumption College on Tuesday evening in the Laska Gymnasium. With the win, the Greyhounds improve to 19-7 and in league play 14-7 while the setback was the Ravens 23rd of the season.

This evening versus Assumption was the seventh and final game of the women's team Coaches vs. Cancer 3-Point Challenge. FPU converted 6-of-14 (42.9%) from long range meaning $87.00 has been donated to the American Cancer Society. Since the challenge began three weeks ago, the Crimson and Grey have gone 36-of-110 (32.7%) from deep and have amassed a total of $522.00 to the ACS. To make a pledge for the Coaches vs. Cancer 3-Point Challenge please click here.

Campbell's career effort came on 7-of-18 (38.9%) shooting and she also snagged two boards and came up with two steals. Classmate Mikayla Deguire (Watervilet, N.Y.) recorded her second straight game with 10 rebounds as four came on the offensive end. Deguire blocked a game-high three shots, came up with a steal and scored four points.

Cameryn Wilson (Newport News, Va.) scored seven points to go along with a game-best three thefts. Sarah Middleton (Barrington, R.I.) came off the bench and added four points and a team-high six helpers.

For Assumption, Allison Stoddard scored a team-best 20 points. Jo Impellizeri stuffed the stat sheet with a double-double effort of 10 points, 11 rebounds to go along with six assists, three steals and two blocks. Kelly Carey chipped in 11 points, six assists and four boards.

Stoddard opened up the scoring by knocking down a corner three off a cross court pass from Impellizeri. Deguire notched the first Raven points via free throws. Morgan O'Brien and Campbell traded threes at opposite ends of the court to make the score 6-5 in favor of the Greyhounds. The hosts three point stroke continued after a Stoddard lay-in as Carey connected on a trey from the top of the point and a three from the right wing to move Assumption ahead 14-5 early on.

Following a 30 second Raven stoppage, the Crimson and Grey tallied six straight markers as Campbell banked in a three and a Middleton defensive board led to a trailer pass to Jemma Thacker (Nairne, South Australia) on the left wing for another three-ball which cut the deficit to three, 14-11 with 3:19 left. One point was only scored in the remaining 3:19 as Abby McKanna split a pair of freebies to make it 15-11 at the conclusion of one.

Both squads swapped buckets to begin the second stanza as the lead hovered between four and six points. The Ravens used another 30 second timeout and after the timeout, Campbell muscled the ball into the hoop while getting fouled. She missed the free throw however as the Ravens brought the Greyhound lead down to three at 22-19 at the 4:14 mark.

Six consecutive charity stripe conversions ensued until Thacker banked in a jumper from the right block which once again brought the margin to three. Assumption closed the half on a 8-0 run as McKanna drained a three from the wing, Carey then hit her third downtown shot of the half off a kickout pass by Impellizeri and then Impellizeri dumped in a layup on the right block to push the lead to 11, 34-23 at the intermission.

The Greyhounds three-point shooting was key to their first half lead as they went 7-of-16 (43.8%) from long range. They also scored 11 points of eight Raven miscues and outrebounded the guests by a 24-to-12 margin.

Assumption's run continued into the third quarter as they notched four consecutive points when Impellizeri made a fast break layup after a steal from the post and Jaclyn Storey manufactured a lay-in due to an offensive board from Carey. Wilson briefly stopped the Greyhound scoring binge by hitting a midrange jumper to make the score 38-25 with 6:56 to go in the third. O'Brien and Carey continued the 17-2 run as they swished a three and two free throws which moved the lead to a game-high 18 points.

With the lead at 18, the Ravens started to claw back with 10 points in a row off to end the quarter as a Campbell three point connection, a Mayo and1, and a Campbell jumper from the right elbow which forced the hosts into a 30 second timeout. After the timeout, Wilson came up with a steal of Kiera O'Donnell which led to a Campbell driving two to make the score 43-35 in favor of Assumption. As the buzzer sounded, Stoddard was fouled while attempting a three and made all three free throws to move the lead back to double figures at 46-35 at the end of three.

Assumption began the fourth with five straight points, before the Ravens matched the hosts with five consecutive points of their own when Middleton came off a pick and drained a jumper from the right elbow, Mayo hit a jumper off a Middleton steal and Middleton split a pair of free throws to make the score 51-40.

The teams began to swap long range shots as Stoddard, Wilson and Stoddard again hit from deep which increased Assumption's advantage to 57-43. Assumption outscored the Ravens 11-to-6 over the final minutes to take the contest 68-49.

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