NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – The Clark women's basketball team (6-9, 0-3 NEWMAC) dropped a conference game by a 79-60 margin to Smith (12-1, 3-0 NEWMAC) on Saturday afternoon from Ainsworth Gymnasium.

How it Happened

• Graduate student Hannah Favaloro netted Clark's first five points of the game with a layup and a three-pointer and senior Emily Sifferlen made a jumper, but Smith held a 23-9 win at the end of the first quarter.
• Sophomores Alaina Schatzabel and Jacqueline Faulise scored the first six points of the second quarter for the Cougars sparked by a Faulise triple and a Favaloro three-pointer pulled Clark within 12 at 30-18 with 3:56 left in the second quarter.
• Sophomore Emma Levesque netted the final five points of the second quarter for the Cougars, including a triple as Smith took a 36-23 win at the half.
• Smith opened the third quarter an 11-3 run with the Clark basket coming from Schatzabel and Favaloro added five more points before the end of the quarter as Smith led 63-38.
• Clark opened the fourth on a 16-5 run led by four points from Favaloro and buckets from Sifferlen, Levesque, Schatzabel, senior Cam Richey, and first-year Megan Swedberg before Smith ended the game with a 79-60 win.

Inside the Box Score

• Favaloro netted a team-high 17 points and pulled down five rebounds. 
• Schatzabel added 10 points on 4-4 shooting.
• Clark grabbed 27 rebounds, dished out 13 assists, recorded five steals, and forced 17 turnovers.

What's Next

Clark will be back in action on Wednesday when they welcome Coast Guard to the Kneller for a game beginning at 5:00 p.m.