The St. Thomas Aquinas women's basketball team beat Molloy College, 61-55.  Briana Sloper had 17 points and 6 rebounds while Theresa Dowling added 13 points and 7 rebounds.  Riley Harrington and Leane Urbancik each added 9 points.  Harrington was 3-6 from behind the arc for STAC.

Sloper scored a layup to give STAC a 2-0 lead to start the game.  The Lady Spartans struggled as Molloy went on an 11-1 run to take an 11-3 lead at the 12:34 mark.  STAC rattled off a 12-0 run of their own capped by triples from Harrington and Dowling.  Harrington drained her second 3-pointer just before the half ended to tie the score at 23 apiece. 

The Lions regained the lead off a pair of Ashley Addison free throws to start the second half.  Dowling hit a jumper to give STAC a 28-27 lead at 16:43.  Molloy regained the lead and held it until Shpresa Liharevic nailed a jumper at 10:45 to tie the game 36-36.  Each team exchanged baskets until Dowling hit four consecutive free throws to give STAC a 42-40 lead with 7:41 left.  Despite three more ties the Lady Spartans did not trail for the rest of the way. 

STAC put together a 7-0 run in the final two minutes behind a pair of free throws from Sloper, a jumper from Bianca Kowgios and a three point play from Urbancik.  Kowgios finished  the game off with a pair of free throws to keep the Lions out of reach.  The Lady Spartans beat Molloy on the boards 39-30.  Kim Vareles added 5 rebounds for STAC along with 3 steals.  Addison finished with 18 points for Molloy.

The Lady Spartans will return to action on Wednesday when they travel to Dowling for a 5:00 game.