PHILADELPHIA – Sophomore forward Katie Mayock matched a career-high 15 points and added nine rebounds and sophomore guard Devyne Newman chipped in a career-high 12 points in her first career start, but the Saint Joseph's women's basketball team ultimately fell to Penn, 55-45, in Philadelphia Big 5 action in Hagan Arena on Wednesday evening.

The Hawks (2-2) held the Quakers (4-0), who entered the game averaging 83.6 points per contest, to their lowest offensive output of the season.

How It Happened
• Penn only shot 4-for-15 from beyond the arc for the game but drilled all four in the first quarter to take a five-point advantage, 18-13, after the first 10:00; Mayock (7 points) and Newman (6 points) combined for all of SJU's scoring during the first quarter.
• The Quakers jumped out to a six-point edge, 21-15, by the 9:06 mark of the second quarter, but a pair of free throws from sophomore guard Katie Jekot (8:39) and a Newman jumper (8:11) inched the Hawks to within two. Penn went up by four again (6:50) and Mayock hit a jumper in the paint (2:30) to keep the Hawks within striking distance, but the Quakers would take advantage of two SJU turnovers in a 57-second span and go off on an 8-2 run to close out the half, 31-23.
• The Hawks would use an 8-2 run of their own to open the third quarter, capped by a big corner three from junior guard Mary Sheehan, to close the home squad's deficit to two once again, 33-31, at the 6:06 mark; however, Penn again used a quarter-ending run, scoring nine points and holding the Hawks to two in the final six minutes. 
• Down by as many as 11 in the fourth, SJU chipped away and got back within five after Newman, who scored nine of her 12 points in the first half, drained a three from the top of the key to make it 50-45 with 5:07 remaining in regulation. Momentum, however, didn't swing the way of the Hawks as Penn forced five turnovers en route to holding SJU scoreless in that final 5:07.

Behind the Boxscore
• Junior point guard Lula Roig was unavailable due to concussion-like symptoms suffered in the final minutes of SJU's game vs. Seton Hall on November 17.
• Sophomore Devyne Newman made the start in place of Roig and made the most of her opportunity, notching a career-high 12 points on a career-high 50% shooting (5-of-10) from the field in a career-high 36 minutes of work.
• Sophomore forward Katie Mayock just missed her second career double-double with 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field and nine rebounds.
• Perhaps the most exciting shot of the night came after sophomore forward Elizabeth Marsicano hit a three from the wing at the 7:47 mark of the fourth quarter, less than a minute after subbing into the game, to an eruption of cheers from the student section.
• Graduate student guard Rachel Gartner made her season debut and dished out two assists in 15 minutes of work off the bench.
• The Hawks got to the free throw line just seven times on the night and despite coming down with 15 offensive boards, scored on just eight.

Postgame Thoughts
"We lost to a very good team today," said head coach Cindy Griffin following the game. "Without our starting point guard, I thought we handled things as well as we could have. I look at the kids that stepped up today. You have sophomores [Katie] Mayock and [Devyne] Newman coming in and playing primary roles for us today, and I thought they did a really, really good job . . . We just couldn't score enough baskets. Turnovers have been a problem for us, and we have to cut down on that. Against a team like this, it's a possession game because of the zone, and you're only getting so many shots, so you have to take care of the ball. That's a place where we need to improve, and quickly. I really like this team. We're fighters, and we're trying to get some different people some playing time to see what they can do."