SAINT LEO Fla. – The Saint Leo women's basketball team had a lot to celebrate on Saturday night in the Marion Bowman Activities Center. The Lions opened the night celebrating its pair of four-year seniors: Gina Brierley and Madelin Lang. Trailing by 16 (45-25) in the third quarter, Saint Leo broke out a dramatic comeback win to edge Lynn; 69-66.
 
Saint Leo (14-12, 10-8 SSC) held a one-point lead over Lynn (12-14, 7-11 SSC) after the first quarter; 13-12. Lynn's shooting got hot, going .769-percent from the floor, to run away from Saint Leo by nine at the half; 36-27. The Lions found themselves is a 16-point hole at 7:30 in the third quarter. The Green and Gold regrouped and started chipping away at the damage. The Lions held the Fighting Knights to 13 points in the fourth quarter, outscoring them 26-13, and ending the game on an impressive 16-3 run. The Saint Leo defense forced five Fighting Knight turnovers alongside a five-minute scoring drought. While Lynn was in the drought, Saint Leo capitalized, dishing out a 15-0 run in the midst of its victorious finale.
 
Amanda Ulrich earned a game-high 27-points going 12-for-19 from the field, 2-for-4 beyond the circle, and 1-for-2 at the charity stripe. Alani Gallagher and Alex Button joined Ulrich in double-figures, scoring 16 and 15 points, respectively. Gina Brierley led the Green and Gold off the glass with a game-high 10 rebounds followed by Gallagher with eight.
 
Quotables
"We calmed down, we got multiple stops, and took advantage of transitions when we got the opportunity. We scored on the run and that is what we are good at," explained head coach Anthony Crocitto when asked how the team overcame being down double-digits. "We intentionally made decisions to speed Lynn up and get the rebounds when they missed."
 
"I have one of the best guards in the county, Amanda Ulrich. We have five players that can all score 20 points. Plus, we got a big three off the bench from Abby Zeitsiff and an open look from Lenise Santiago. It's an immortal buy in," said Crocitto. "They buy into everything and good things happen when you do that."
 
"The crowd was awesome tonight and we will need them in hosting Eckerd," continued Crocitto. Eckerd will visit the Bowman Center as the Sunshine State Conference second-seed and regionally-ranked program." The confidence factor has to work and we got to be disciplined against everything Eckerd does because they are so good. We will need to come out and do what we got to do early."
 
Beyond the Boxscore

• Ulrich's 27-points over the Fighting Knights marks the rookie's eighth 20-plus point performance, her 22^nd game scoring double-digits.
• The 2019-20 Saint Leo Lions have won more conference games than any other year in program history.
• Saint Leo extended its' win streak to four defeating Rollins, Palm Beach Atlantic, Embry-Riddle and now Lynn.

 
Next
Saint Leo will close out the regular season home schedule on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 5:30 p.m. hosting Eckerd.
 
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