Springfield, Mass. – February 7, 2026 – The Springfield College women's basketball team picked up a 69-40 win over New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) rival Wheaton College (Mass.) on Saturday afternoon in Blake Arena.

Springfield improved to 13-8 overall and to 4-3 in the NEWMAC, while Wheaton dropped to 5-16, 1-6.

Amanda Leary (Westbury, N.Y.) led Springfield with a 17 point, 12 rebounds double-double, while Natalie Lucas (Madison, Conn.) notched 12 points, three rebounds, two steals and an assist. Claire Finney (Haverhill, Mass.), Madison Lopez (Bronx, N.Y.) and Ruth Boles (South Portland, Maine) all added eight points for the Pride. Wheaton was guided by Darlene Tashobya, who posted 14 of the Lyons' 40 points.

Springfield raced out to a 10-2 lead over the first six minutes of the game as Lucas and Leary both drained shots from behind the arc for the Pride. After Wheaton pulled within three at 10-7, Springfield scored the final 12 points of the opening quarter for a 22-7 lead after ten minutes of play. Four different student-athletes scored for the Pride over the stretch to end the first highlighted by a trey from Lucas, a layup and jumper from Finney and an and-one play from Padula.

The Pride continued the stretch to open the second with the first eight points of the second extending the scoring run to 20-0 – which ultimately lasted just over six minutes of game time. Mamone knocked down back-to-back shots for the Pride to open the scoring in the second before Boles and Finney buried shots of their own to go ahead 30-7. Springfield went on and took a 40-18 lead at the break. Springfield shot at a 43.2-percent clip from the floor in the first half alone and held Wheaton to just eight made baskets over the same stretch.

Springfield then tallied the first 12 points of the third quarter capped on a jumper from Leary as the Pride forged ahead 52-18 before leading 58-22 after the third. Springfield outscored Wheaton by an 18-4 margin in the third alone.

Wheaton outscored Springfield 18-11 in the fourth, but the differential was too large to overcome as the Pride picked up the 69-40 NEWMAC win this afternoon. Boles notched back-to-back shots for Springfield early in the stanza. Then with 3:09 left, Adriana Hernández Feliciano (Caguas, Puerto Rico) drained a corner three off a pass from Hess for the first points of her collegiate career. 

As a team, Springfield shot 40.0-percent from the floor and held a decisive 53-34 differential on the glass. The Pride also turned 13 Wheaton turnovers into 24 points. 

Springfield will travel to Mount Holyoke College on Wednesday for NEWMAC tilt at 7:00 pm.

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