NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.— The Sacred Heart University women's basketball team dropped a close contest at Merrimack, 73-66, on Saturday.
 
Records:
Sacred Heart: 13-12, 10-3, NEC
Merrimack: 12-14, 8-5 NEC
 
Top Performers:
Ny'Ceara Pryor: 25 pts, 9 rebs, 7 asts
Amelia Wood: 15 pts, 8 rebs, 2 blks
 
Of Note
It was back-and-fourth throughout the entire contest with 10 lead changes and seven ties.
 
Merrimack had the 60-57 advantage with 5:12 left in the game. Senior Olivia Tucker drained the next five points followed by first year Ny'Ceara Pryor, who scored on a layup to give Sacred Heart the 64-60 lead.
 
But that was as far as the Pioneers could get in front, as the Warriors went on a 13-2 run to bring the game to its final score.
 
SHU had a 31-29 lead to start the second half but it was erased by eight unanswered points from Merrimack.
 
Pryor posted her 12^th 20+ point performance with 25 points. The guard also finished with nine rebounds, one board shy of a double-double, and seven assists that were one dish-out shy of matching her season high.
 
First year Amelia Wood recorded a season-high 15 points and two blocks along with eight rebounds.
 
Up Next
SHU travels to St. Francis Brooklyn for its final road game of the regular season on Thursday at 7 p.m.