Dallas, PA (January 11, 2020)- Women's basketball fell to Misericordia University on Saturday afternoon by the score of 73-48. With the loss, FDU falls to 2-11 overall and 0-2 in Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom play while the Cougars improve to 12-1 overall and 2-0 in the MAC Freedom.

LEAD DEVILS
Freshman Angela Downey led all Devils scorers with 15 points on five three-pointers while senior Cayla Staggers finished with 12 points on 6-of-14 (43%) from the field adding six rebounds.

DOUBLE IT UP
Freshman Jayda Bing finished the game with a double-double recording 10 points and 12 rebounds for her third double-double of the season.

SECOND HALF DEFENSE
After giving up 50 points in the first half of play, FDU held the cougars to only 13 points in the third quarter and 10 points in the fourth quarter for a total of 23 points in the second half. The Devils outscored Misericordia 27-23 overall in the last 20 minutes.

GOING THE DISTANCE
Bing and Senior Jennah Roman went wire to wire playing all 40-minutes of the contest.

COACHES THOUGHTS
"The first half was totally on us. We put ourselves in a hole allowing 26 points in the first quarter and 24 in the second quarter, to only hold them to 23 total in the second half. We can't win games when we don't put a full 40-minutes together."- Head Coach Melissa Brooks

NEXT UP
FDU hosts it's first MAC Freedom contest of the 2020 year as they play visiting Eastern University in the Ferguson Recreation Center on Wednesday, January 15 at 8:00 p.m.