Garden City, N.Y. (February 26, 2022) --- After losing by one point to this same Adelphi Panthers Basketball team back on January 22, the Ravens got their revenge on the Panthers and held on to a 61-58 win in the Northeast-10 Conference First Round of the playoffs. Senior guard Rylee Skinner (Leominster, Massachusetts) and sophomore forward Ines Gimenez Monserrat (Mallorca, Spain) combined 32 points to lead Franklin Pierce into the second round of the Northeast-10 playoffs. 

Franklin Pierce moves to 12-14 (NE10 4-6) with the win, and Adelphi falls to 12-12 (NE10 10-8). 

Franklin Pierce jumped to a 21-8 run in the first quarter and had command of this game. Things were going in the right direction for the Crimson and Grey, and they were on their way to moving onto the second round. Monserrat led the way for the Ravens with eight points, and Skinner chipped in with seven points. In the first quarter, the Panthers came out flat, and senior guard Ty Hawkins led the team with three points. 

In the second quarter, Adelphi started to crawl back a little, and they could keep up with Franklin Pierce. The Panthers outscored the Ravens 20-16, and they cut the deficit to nine points heading into the half. Graduate student Emily Miccile led Adelphi with ten points to start the comeback for the Panthers. Hawkins added in another six points. Skinner for Franklin Pierce added another six points to her total. The Ravens led 37-28 at halftime. 

Both teams were going back and forth once again in the third quarter, with Adelphi outscoring Franklin Pierce 19-13 in the quarter. Freshman guard Rolanda Robinson had 11 points off the bench for the Panthers. This gave Adelphi a massive boost because the starting five were struggling. Robinson proved to be the difference-maker as Franklin Pierce's lead was cut to three points. This game was coming to the wire with Franklin Pierce leading 50-47 with one quarter left. 

In the fourth quarter, it would come to what team would go on a run and take over the game. Franklin Pierce and Adelphi kept it close throughout the quarter. Both teams scored 11 points in the final quarter of play. Senior forward Emma Carter (Bristol, Vermont) led her team with four points in the fourth. The Panthers had multiple chances to tie the game in the final 30 seconds of regulation. Carter made two clutch free throws with 15 seconds left to give the Ravens the lead 61-58. The Panthers missed two three-pointer attempts, and Franklin Pierce survived.