BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lynn women's basketball closed the home portion of its season with a 69-62 loss against Saint Leo on Wednesday night. The Fighting Knights were led by Jess Knight's 21 points and 16 rebounds as they dropped to .500 on the season (13-13) and 7-12 in the SSC.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Channing Chappell got the game started with a three-pointer
- Knight made back-to-back layups for a 7-3 Lynn lead
- The Fighting Knights went on a 12-0 run to take a commanding 19-5 advantage
- Danielle Montelbano's layup as time expired gave Lynn a 14-point lead, 23-9, after 10 minutes
- Lynn shot 64.3% from the field in the first quarter
- A steal by Ella Fiore led to another Montelbano bucket to start the second quarter
- Fiore assisted on Makayla Hemingway's layup and a Chappell three for Lynn's largest lead of the game and a 32-14 score
- The Lions closed the first half on a 16-2 run to cut the Fighting Knight lead to four
- Knight scored three points over the first 2:46 of the second half
- Saint Leo took its first lead at the 3:04 mark of the third quarter
- Trinity Mocadlo made a pair of free throws and knocked down a three as Lynn as part of a seven-point Lynn swing
- Saint Leo cut the margin to one point with an early run in the fourth
- Four straight points from Knight put Lynn ahead 52-47 with 6:41 remaining in regulation
- Hemingway's jumper put the Fighting Knights up by three, 59-56, with 1:43 left
- A Lions three-pointer tied the game as the road team closed the game on a 13-3 run

FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Knight has six double-doubles this season
- Hemingway (13 points) has reached double figures in scoring in three of her last four games
- Fiore posted her fourth 10+ rebound game of the season
- Chappell has made 11 threes over her last five games
- 20 of Lynn's 25 field goals were assisted

UP NEXT:
- Lynn travels to St. Petersburg for a 3:00 pm tip against Eckerd on Saturday, March 1