KEENE, N.H.--The Keene State College women's basketball team handed Western Connecticut State University their first Little East Conference loss of the season with a 61-45 win on Wednesday night at Spaulding Gym.

Records

• Keene State: 13-1, 3-1 LEC
• Western Connecticut State: 9-5, 3-1 LEC

The Series

• Western Connecticut leads 26-9.  The Owls had lost seven straight to WCSU dating back to 2012. 

Tale of the Tape

• Stephanie D'Annolfo scored a career high 18 points and pulled down 11 rebounds with two assists and two blocked shots.  Kelsey Cognetta and Amanda Petrow both chipped in 11 points for KSC.  
• Keene State outrebounded Western Connecticut State 47-34, with a 19-9 edge in offensive rebounds.  In addition to D'Annolfo's 11 rebounds, Petrow and nine and Ryanne Williams had seven.  
• Western Connecticut State was led by 14 points from Kaitlyn Labonte and 11 from Emily Dobson.  The Colonials made just three of 10 free throw attempts, while Keene State made 13 of 16 shots from the charity stripe.   
• Keene State held the Colonials to single digits in both the second and fourth quarters.  
• In a statistical irony, the score of the second and fourth quarters was exactly the same - 16-8 KSC - and the score of the first and third was nearly that way as well.  Keene State outscored WCSU 17-12 in the first quarter, while the Colonials had that score for the third period.

First Half Highlights

• Emily Dobson scored the first five points of the game for the Colonials as they took an early 5-4 lead.
• Keene State responded with a 10-0 run as Amanda Petrow and Stephanie D'Annolfo both had conventional three point plays.
• Ryanne Williams connected on a three pointer with 11 seconds left as Keene State led 17-12 at the end of the first quarter.
• The Owls continued to pull ahead in the second quarter, opening up a 28-14 lead on a pair of free throws by Lydia Vital.  
• Sandi Purcell drained a triple just ahead of the halftime buzzer for a 33-20 lead at the break. 

Second Half Highlights 

• Keene State kept their foot on the pedal, as Williams' layup with 2:16 to go in the third quarter stretched the lead to 44-28.
• The Colonials pulled within eight (45-37) at the end of the period on Alecia Dulaire's layup.
• The fourth quarter was all Owls, as Keene State outscored Western Connecticut State 16-8, going up 57-39 on D'Annolfo's layup with 4:30 to play.  

Up Next

• Keene State hosts Rhode Island College at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
• Western Connecticut State heads back to the Granite State on Saturday to play Plymouth State at 1 p.m.