BOSTON – Scoring lulls played a major factor for the Rams and resulted in a Suffolk women's basketball Conference of New England (CNE) loss to Roger Williams Saturday afternoon at Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court.    

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 59 | Roger Williams 71
RECORDS: Suffolk (10-9, 5-7 CNE) | Roger Williams (13-6, 10-2 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
A slow start by Suffolk and full-court pressure by Roger Williams allowed the Hawks to fly out to a 10-2 lead 4:15 into the contest. Amanda DeAngelis swished a baseline triple to ignite a 12-2 Rams run that sent the host ahead, 14-12. That stretch featured seven points by DeAngelis and a go-ahead trey from Colby Guinta.  

The teams traded hoops to wrap up the first quarter with Suffolk up, 19-16.  

Olivia Verdile sunk her second long ball of the day to get the second stanza underway and lengthen the blue-and-gold's lead to six. Back-and-forth action followed and the playing field leveled three times with the last coming at 30-all with 1:54 to go before half.  

See-saw action closed things out and as the lead was exchanged on every possession before half, which allowed RWU snuck in front, 34-33. 

Like the beginning of the game, Suffolk had a sluggish start to the third quarter and found itself chasing eight early, 43-35.  

Unlike the first quarter, a blue-and-gold rally did not come and the Rams found themselves down double digits as the game headed to the fourth, 58-48. 

Guinta drained a bucket from behind-the-arc to get the gap down to nine in the first minutes of the fourth quarter.  

Roger Williams used nine unanswered points to stretch its advantage to 18, 69-51, with 6:00 left on the clock.  

The Rams made one final comeback attempt with eight quick points that trimmed the margin to 10, 69-59, with 3:26 remaining. 

Suffolk was unable to convert another hoop the rest of the way to take the loss. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• DeAngelis registered 17 points, seven boards, two blocks and one steal. 
• Guinta supplied 14 points with a 4-for-7 showing from downtown to go along with five rebounds, one assist and one swat. 
• Allison Bono grabbed five caroms and added two points, two dimes and two steals. 
• Verdile chipped in nine points, all from behind-the-arc, as the sophomore shot 3-for-4 from 3-point range. 
• The Hawks outrebounded the Rams, 45-42.  

NOTEWORTHY

• DeAngelis made a personal-best two 3-pointers. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk heads to Gordon Wednesday, Feb. 5 for a 5:30 p.m. CNE tip-off.