PROVIDENCE (Interstat) — Providence guard Princess Moody scored 21 points and the Friars used a decisive late third-quarter run to defeat Stonehill 79-65 in a women’s NCAA Division I basketball game on Tuesday at the Dunkin’ Center. Providence improved to 1-0. The Skyhawks fell to 0-1. Attendance was 781.

Kylah Silver opened the scoring with a driving layup for Providence, but Stonehill answered with Reese Roggenburk’s layup and jumper and a Phoena Dadson 3-pointer for a 7-2 lead. Princess Moody hit a 3-pointer, J’Adore Young made two free throws, and the teams went back and forth. Brooke Paquette’s layup and Roggenburk’s free throw gave Stonehill a 10-7 lead, and Silver’s layup trimmed it to 10-9 after one quarter. In the second quarter, Paquette hit two 3-pointers and a driving layup to help Stonehill build a 23-13 lead. Providence responded with free throws from Audrey Shields, layups from Young and a turnaround jumper from Voldie Basana. Dadson and Ella Pelletier scored for Stonehill, and Moody kept Providence close with a floater. Orlagh Gormley’s layup just before halftime tied the score at 33.

Stonehill regained control early in the third. Dadson hit a jumper, Pelletier made a jumper, and Paquette’s 3-pointer gave Stonehill a 42-41 lead. Megan Sias added two layups, Julia Webster scored twice, and Paquette hit another 3-pointer to make it 51-43. Providence answered with Payton Dunbar’s 3-pointer and Basana’s layup, but Webster’s jumper gave Stonehill a 53-46 lead with 2:33 remaining. Providence then scored the final 10 points of the quarter. Basana started the burst with a layup, Dunbar added a driving layup, Silver converted a driving layup, Dunbar made another layup, and Gormley capped the run with a layup that made it 56-53 after three.

The Friars kept the momentum in the fourth. Basana’s layup made it 58-53, and after Sias scored for Stonehill, Basana made a free throw and Taylor Barner made a layup for a 61-55 lead. Gormley’s layup pushed the margin to 63-55. Stonehill stayed close on Sias’s free throws, Roggenburk’s layup, and a Moody floater that made it 65-59. Roggenburk scored again, and Moody made a free throw. Sias and Pelletier made free throws to cut the deficit to 66-63 with 3:41 left. Providence closed with a 13-2 run. Gormley scored on a driving layup and a jumper, Young added a three-point play, Gormley made two free throws, Moody made two free throws and a layup, and Pelletier scored the final basket for Stonehill.

Providence shot 30 of 62 from the floor, 4 of 18 from 3-point range, and 15 of 22 from the free throw line. Stonehill shot 25 of 55, 6 of 17, and 9 of 17. Providence had 18 assists, 10 offensive rebounds, two blocks, and 15 turnovers. Stonehill had seven assists, 12 offensive rebounds, five blocks, and 22 turnovers. Providence scored 79 points from 77 possessions with an offensive rating of 102.0. Stonehill scored 65 points from 73 possessions with an offensive rating of 88.9.

Providence guard Princess Moody was the top star for the Friars with 21 points, one rebound and three assists in 27 minutes. The 5-foot-8 guard from Upper Marlboro, Md., previously attended Bishop McNamara High School. Stonehill center Reese Roggenburk had 11 points, 12 rebounds, one assist and one block in 30 minutes. The 6-foot-2 center previously attended Magnificat High School. Providence guard Orlagh Gormley had 15 points, three rebounds and seven assists in 22 minutes. The 5-foot-6 guard previously attended Dexter Southfield. Providence forward J’Adore Young had 12 points, eight rebounds, one assist and two blocks in 24 minutes. The 6-foot-4 forward previously attended Greenville. Stonehill guard Brooke Paquette had 21 points, two rebounds and two assists in 37 minutes. The 5-foot-8 guard previously attended Bishop Guertin. Stonehill center Megan Sias had 11 points, four rebounds, two assists and one block in 29 minutes. The 6-foot-1 center previously attended Toms River North. Stonehill guard Phoena Dadson had nine points, four rebounds, one assist and three blocks in 23 minutes. The 5-foot-10 guard previously attended The Kent School in Connecticut. Stonehill guard Ella Pelletier had seven points, one rebound and eight assists in 31 minutes. The 6-foot guard previously attended Oxford Hills High School. Providence guard Kylah Silver had six points, four rebounds and two assists in 30 minutes. The 5-foot-10 guard previously attended D.H. Conley. Providence forward Voldie Basana had seven points and three rebounds in 15 minutes. The 6-foot-2 forward previously attended Athens Christian School.

Stonehill’s next 10 games are at Notre Dame, at DePaul, against West Georgia, against Boston University, against Illinois State, at Bryant, at Albany, against Massachusetts-Lowell, against Framingham St. and at LSU. Providence’s next 10 games are against Massachusetts, against Bryant, at Boston College, against Northeastern, against South Carolina, against New Hampshire, against Binghamton, at George Mason, at Saint John’s and at Rhode Island, with the Binghamton and George Mason games in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Providence 59, Stonehill 55. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Providence with a 98 percent probability to win.