NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Mitchell College women's basketball team dropped a 53-50 final to Williams College on Monday evening at the Yarnall Athletic Center. 

The five Williams starters combined for 45 points, with Maggie Meehan leading the bunch with 12. Maddy Mandyck finished with a monster line of nine points, 17 rebounds, eight blocks, four assists and three steals. 

Dede Stevenson was the lone Mitchell player in double figures with 22 points, one shy of her season high. She also grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds to record her first career double-double. Le'Sandra Turner chipped in eight points, seven boards, six assists and three steals in 37 minutes of action.

Mitchell used a 13-2 run late in the first quarter to take its biggest lead at 20-9. Alexia Watson scored seven points during the stretch while Stevenson supplied the other six. 

The Ephs erased the deficit in the second quarter behind a 10-0 run that left them with a 23-21 advantage. The visitors limited the Mariners to only one field goal and three points in the period and led 28-23 at intermission.

Williams led by as many as eight points in the third quarter but couldn't shake the Mariners. Stevenson scored eight straight points for Mitchell late in the stanza, and a bucket by Jermia Dumas tied the game at 38-38 with 1:43 left in the period.

In the opening minute of the fourth, Mitchell finally pulled in front on a three-pointer by Sam McKenna, who then followed with a layup to extend the lead to 43-40. However, Williams responded with the next nine points to grab the lead for good. The Mariners had chances to tie in the final three minutes but couldn't capitalize. 

Mitchell (7-10 overall) will next play at Eastern Nazarene College on Wednesday, February 2 at 5:30 p.m.