The Regis College Pride outlasted the Suffolk University Women's Basketball team, 73-70 in overtime on Wednesday evening in non-conference action at the Regan Gymnasium.
Senior Teresa Busiek (Arlington, Mass.) hit the go-ahead jumped with forty-nine seconds remaining in the extra frame to put the Pride ahead for good as the win moves them to a 2-1 mark on the young season.
Senior Janaya Bradley (New Haven, Conn.) finished the evening leading all scorers with 28 points, including a 3-for-6 effort from the three-point line. Bradley sealed Suffolk's fate in the closing seconds as she sunk a free-throw to put the Pride up by three points with seventeen seconds on the clock.
Senior Iliana Quadri (Sudbury, Mass.) led Suffolk on the evening with 16 points, while fellow classmate Tori Brillaud (North Andover, Mass.) led all players with 12 rebounds while also chipping in with nine points.
Regis controlled most of the action in the first half as they took a nine-point, 33-24 lead with them into halftime led by Bradley who put in 12 points in the first half.
Bradley would put the Pride up by 10 points with 8:45 remaining in the second half when she connected on a three-pointer to make it a 53-43 game. From there Suffolk would work on chipping away at the lead.
Back to back layups by junior Chelsea Campellone (Fall River, Mass.) would get Suffolk within three points with five minutes remaining. Both teams would go back and forth over the following four minutes until senior Shelby Santini (Winchester, Mass.) gave the Rams a brief lead when she hit consecutive free throws, before a layup with fifty-one seconds left gave Suffolk a one-point 64-63 lead.
Bradley would then goto the line connecting on one of two free throws with thirty-eight seconds remaining as both times rounded out regulation at a 64-64 standstill.
Sophomore Kelsey Schiebel (Windham, N.H.) would open the overtime period with a three pointer before Brillaud went to the line connecting on a free throw as Suffolk built a four-point lead in the opening minute.
Senior Emily Marro (Bedford, N.H.) would score all six of her points in the game on consecutive plays to give Regis a two point lead, 70-68 with 1:40 to go.
Quadri would answer connecting on layup to even things up with 1:19 on the clock until Busiek put Regis ahead for good thirty seconds later.
Sophomore Amanda Hawkesworth (Abington, Mass.) scored 12 points and finished with nine rebounds for the Pride, while freshman Brittany Stone (W. Bridgewater, Mass.) also had nine boards to go along with nine points.
Santini finished the night with 12 points as she also had a career-high seven blocked shots in the game.
Regis will now be idle until December 2nd when they travel to Mitchell College for a 6:00pm tipoff.
Suffolk will be back in action on Saturday afternoon as they travel to Colby-Sawyer College for a 1:00pm matchup with the Chargers.