ALBANY, N.Y. – The Sage Colleges outscored Eastern Connecticut State University 24-0 from three-point range, taking the lead for good late in the first quarter on the way to a 67-60 non-conference victory Monday night at Kahl Gymnasium.

Unbeaten at home in five games this year, Sage (8-5) converted eight of 16 three-point field goals while Eastern (7-5) failed on all 12 of its attempts from long range, managing just 29.4 percent from the floor overall.

Trailing by 17 late in the third quarter, the Warriors held the Gators scoreless for four minutes, scoring the final four points of the third and the first eight of the fourth to slice the Sage lead to five, 45-40, with less than three minutes gone in the quarter.

With just under three minutes left in the game, Eastern sophomore forward Kelsey Santagata (Stamford) stole the ball and senior guard Julia DePoi (Brookfield) put back her own miss to make it a three-point Sage lead, 56-53. At that point, Sage answered with seven in a row to push the lead back to double digits, 63-53, with 1:23 left. In that key sequence, freshman guard Gessica Patregnani swished her only three-point attempt of the game, and sophomore guard Emily Parslow and senior guard Frankie Pearson each sank a pair of free throws, Parslow's coming when the Eastern bench was assessed a technical foul.

Eastern senior center Lexis Foster (Groton) and DePoi each finished with double-doubles. Foster had 18 points, 13 rebounds and seven blocked shots. DePoi 13 points and a career-high 15 rebounds, ten of them coming on the offensive end. Santagata, who sparked the Warriors in the late minutes of the third quarter and early minutes of the fourth, had nine points (5-of-5 FT), five rebounds, three steals, two assists and two blocks in 21 minutes. Freshman guard Lizzy Cretella (Cheshire) grabbed a career-high seven rebounds, five offensively to help the Warriors to a +15 advantage on the offensive glass.

Ranked in the national Top 10 in blocks this year, Foster is on pace to obliterate the program season record of 53. Foster has 43 in 12 games (3.6 per game). Sue Governo (1983-84) and Ashley McFetridge (2008-09) share the season record of 53, Governo doing it in 25 games and McFetridge in 29. Foster, who has blocked at least four shots six times this year, has totaled 99 in her 85-game career. McFetridge (2005-09) holds the career record of 158.

Parslow and Pearson each had 17 points for Sage, junior forward Genevieve Schoff  adding 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Sage is under the direction of third-year head coach Allison Coleman of Jewett City, last year's Skyline Conference Coach-of-the-Year. Coleman was a four-time All-America at Eastern between 2000 and 2004. It was the first meeting between the programs.

Eastern hosts UMass Dartmouth in a Little East Conference game Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.