Guidi guides Raiders past Keene State, 72-67

KEENE, N.H. – Junior A.J. Guidi (Derry, N.H.) broke a 67-all tie with a three-pointer with 51 seconds to play and River University went to post a 72-67 come-from-behind victory over the Keene State College women's basketball team in an opening-round game of the KSC Holiday tournament at Spaulding Gym on Monday.

Sophomore Deanna Purcell (Hudson, N.H.) made it 67-65 with a couple free throws with 2:06 to play. Wojtas answered with a base-line jumper that tied the game at 67-all with 50 seconds left on the clock.

After Guidi put the Raiders up 70-67 with her three-pointer, KSC had a chance to cut the lead to one point, but Cognetta missed a lay-up.

Guidi and junior Ryan Baker (Whitinsville, Mass.) hit free throws in the final seconds of play to account for the final score.

The Raiders scored the last seven points of the half to tie the game at 31-all at the break.

Rivier took its first lead of the half (65-64) on a lay-up by Guidi with 2:41 to play.

Purcell tied for game high honors with 23 points and Guidi finished with 22 points and seven rebounds for Rivier. Purcell was 11-12 from the line. Baker also scored in double figures with 12 points, going 7-8 from the charity stripe.

Keene State shot 37% from the field (25-67) and 13-28 (46%) from behind the arc. The Raiders shot 33% from the field (18-54) and 8-29 from three-point land (28%).

Salve Regina University defeated Colby College 63-60 in the second opening-round game. Keene State (3-6), which has dropped six of its last seven games, will face Colby (4-5) in Tuesday's consolation game at 1 p.m. Salve Regina (2-6) will go up against River (7-3) in the championship game at 3 p.m.