WAYNE, N.J. – The TCNJ women's basketball team was done in by a rough shooting afternoon and succumbed to a 63-59 upset at the hands of William Paterson on Saturday.
 
Natalie Kolb put up a huge double-double with 11 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, but the Lions shot a frigid 26.5 percent overall and 17.2 percent from 3-point range and had their five-game winning streak ended.
 
FOR THE RECORD

• TCNJ dropped to 14-8 overall and 11-4 in the NJAC, tied with New Jersey City for second in the league standings behind Stockton (12-3), which defeated Montclair later in the day. The Pioneers won their third in a row and improved to 8-14 (6-9 NJAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Lions led just once on Saturday, and it was at 2-0 on a jumper by Julia Setaro. Fittingly, it took WPU nearly four minutes to get on the board, but TCNJ was unable to dent the scoreboard itself and quickly fell behind, 9-4
• TCNJ got within two (15-13) after the first quarter and tied it at 15-15 on Grace Kowalski's bucket to start the second, but went scoreless for about three minutes from there. The Pioneers led by as many as five (20-15) before Arianna McCleod's put-back leveled it at 24-24 with 3:34 to go in the first half. McCleod tied it again at 26-up before WPU ended the half on a 4-0 mini-run to take a 30-26 lead
• The Pioneers extended their spurt to 10-0 out of the locker room, scoring the first six points of the third to grab a 36-26 advantage. It was 38-27 before Setaro and Nina Branchizo canned back-to-back jumpers and Katie Fricker buried a 3 to polish off a 7-0 run and slice the deficit to 38-34
• The Lions still trailed by four as the third-quarter ticked away, but Renee Wells hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to stretch the spread to seven (45-38), and TCNJ needed more than five minutes to score to start the fourth quarter as the hosts pulled away to a 50-38 lead with under five minutes to play
• Fricker started a final push with a basket and 3-pointer, but the Lions could only get as close as three (62-59) on a 3-pointer by Kolb with 3 seconds left. WPU made one of two at the other end to seal it

FOR THE FOES

• Brianna Smith led all scorers with 26 points of 9-of-15 shooting
• Wells had 14 points and eight rebounds, and Patricia Walsh paired eight points with eight boards

STANDOUT LIONS

• Setaro scored a team-high 19 on 6-of-14 shooting, making all six of her foul shots
• Kolb was just 1-for-6 from the floor but went a perfect 8-for-8 at the line. She pulled down nine offensive boards and swiped three steals
• Fricker scored 11 in 17 minutes off the bench

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• TCNJ was just 18-for-68 from the field and did not shoot over 30 percent in any quarter
• The Lions held a 43-40 rebounding edge but were outscored in the paint, 32-16
• WPU shot 41.5 percent (22-for-53) and a near-perfect 16-for-17 at the line

UP NEXT

• The Lions are back home Wednesday for a huge matchup with first-place Stockton