MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The St. Bonaventure University women's basketball team's season ended Monday evening, falling to Middle Tennessee, 69-50, in the second round of the WNIT.

Laycee Drake paced the Bonnies with 14 points, six rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals. Kaylee Krysztof chipped in nine points for the Bonnies while Aaliyah Parker added eight tallies.

The Blue Raiders came out of the gate firing, hitting five out of their first six shots to take an early 11-0 lead over the Bonnies.

Kylie Buckley started the scoring for the Bonnies following a timeout with a score inside and then stepping out to hit a 3-pointer, cutting the early deficit down to six.

The hosts grabbed an 18-7 lead over the Brown and White late in the first quarter before Kaylee Krysztof knocked down her first three of the game to cut the Middle Tennessee lead to eight after one.

Kyrsztof kept firing for the Bonnies in the second, making a pair of threes as part of an 8-0 run that tied the game at 20-20 with 6:19 left in the first half.

Middle Tennessee, however, answered with a 9-0 spurt of their own, taking a 29-20 advantage.

The Blue Raider's lead grew to as many as 15 in the second quarter after an and-one from Blair Baugus with 1:43 showing on the clock.

The Bonnies were able to cut into the deficit before halftime with a pair of baskets from Drake and a free throw from Gabby Robinson, trimming the MTSU lead to 37-27.

MTSU grabbed an offensive rebound on the final possession of the first half, scoring the second chance points and taking a 39-27 lead into halftime.

Middle Tennessee pushed its lead back to 15 in the third, taking a 46-31 lead with 6:13 remaining in the period.

The Bonnies, however, clawed their way back to a five-point game, 46-41, thanks to a 10-0 run over a two-minute span.

The Blue Raiders, however, was able to regain a double digit lead, 54-43, at the end of the third on a three as time expired in the third.

MTSU kept their foot on the gas, maintaining the lead throughout the fourth and capturing the victory.

GAME NOTES

• The Bonnies finished the game shooting 35.7 percent (20-for-56) from the field and 26.1 percent (6-for-23) from beyond the arc.
• Bona's finishes the season with an 11-win improvement from the 2024-25 season.

QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH JIM CROWLEY
"We needed to play really well and we didn't. They set the tone early on and we were chasing. We gave ourselves a good opportunity in the second quarter and they made three threes in a row. We kind of hung around and got it to five. Then the three at the end of the third quarter I think just kind of took the air out of us. Really great program, obviously, what Coach Insell has done here in the most consistent mid-major program in the country."

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