4-1 Day for Women's Hoops
ELMIRA 73, Centenary College 64
The Elmira College women's basketball team wrapped-up play at the University of Dallas Tip-Off Classic with a victory, defeating Centenary College of Louisiana, 73-64. EC had four players score in double-figures with rookie talent
Danielle Cleary '18 pouring in a career-high 17 points to lead all Elmira players.
Also turning in double-digit efforts were
Madison Carolus'18, who scored 15 points off the bench,
Meghan Loya'16, who nearly completed a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds, and
Karli Pochkar '16, who added 12 points. Elmira, once again, assisted on more than half of their field goals, totaling 16 assists on the afternoon. Loya led the team with five assists, while Cleary and
Kelsey Geisler '15 added four each.
EC controlled the game from the opening tip, leading for all but 2:02 of the game. Additionally, the Soaring Eagles only trailed once this afternoon and for just 15 seconds early on in the first half. Elmira opened the game on an 8-2 run, but an 8-0 run from Centenary put the Ladies on top, 10-8 with 14:42 remaining in the first half. That would be the only time that Elmira would trail in the game as back-to-back baskets from EC's two forwards, Pochkar and Loya, put the Soaring Eagles back on top, 12-10.
From there on out it was all Purple and Gold as EC went on a 13-5 run to make it a 10-point game, the first double-digit lead of the contest. Elmira's lead hovered around 10 points for the remainder of the half as the Soaring Eagles took a 37-30 advantage into the locker rooms.
It was much of the same coming out after halftime as EC used an 8-0 run to break open a 15-point lead, Elmira's largest of the day. Centenary cut their deficit to nine on a few occasions, but each time, EC answered to push it back into double-digits. In total, the Purple and Gold led by double-figures for nearly 19 minutes of the second half as they rolled to a 73-64 victory.
STEVENS 64, Brooklyn 49
The Stevens Institute of Technology women's basketball team never trailed against Brooklyn College Saturday en route to a 64-49 win in the 2014-15 home opener.
The win puts Stevens' record at 2-1 while Brooklyn fell to 1-2.
Junior
Kaitlyn Astel led the Ducks with a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds while junior
Dylan Krause added 14 points. Junior
Miranda Ripken led Stevens with four assists. As a team, the Ducks shot a season-high 46.3 percent from the field and outrebounded their opponent for the third straight game.
The Ducks controlled the tempo to start the game, opening up a 13 point lead midway through the first half off a layup from sophomore
Brittany Washington. Brooklyn responded with a 9-0 run to cut the deficit to four, but a layup from Ripken with three and a half minutes to go in the half brought the lead back to six.
After an Astel jumper extended the lead to eight, Brooklyn's defense took control and shutout the Ducks for the final two minutes as Stevens took a five point lead into the break.
The Ducks opened the second half on a 5-0 run before gaining a 12 point lead off a jumper from Astel with 14 minutes remaining in regulation. Brooklyn was able to respond with a 6-0 run of their own, but three pointers from junior
Megan Petuskey and Krause brought the lead back to 12.
Stevens continued to hold that double-digit advantage, opening up its biggest lead of the game of 20 with three and a half minutes left off a Krause free throw. A Petuskey jumper one minute later extended the lead to 22 before the Ducks closed out the 15 point victory.
UTICA 68, SUNYIT 38
11 Pioneers scored Saturday afternoon to lead the Utica College women's basketball team to a 30 point victory, 68-38, against local non-conference rival SUNYIT at the Clark Athletic Center. Senior
Bridget Greenwald tallied a double-double to led the way with 10 points and a game-high 16 rebounds
The visitors opened up the contest scoring the first two points however that would be their only lead of the game as UC answered with a 25-5 run over the next 13 minutes to work a 25-7 lead. Six different Pioneers chipped in on the 20 point rush including back-to-back 3-pointers by
Mary Miceli and
Christy Traglia followed by an old-school three-point play by
Greenwald converting a layup and foul shot. The teams each scored eight points apiece to close out the first half with Utica leading by 18 scores, 33-15.
The second half was all UC as it managed a 25 point lead, 55-30, at the 10 minute mark and went on to win by 30 points to get back to .500 on the season.
Samantha Stayer led all scorers with a game-high 14 points while
Calypso Carty and
Traglia combined for 14 points (seven each) and 10 boards.
ITHACA 53, Messiah 50
The Ithaca College women's basketball team won the 2014 Messiah Tip-Off Classic on Saturday afternoon with a hard-fought 53-50 victory over host Messiah College. Ithaca is now 3-0 this season after its first single-digit win this year.
The Bombers trailed, 27-23, at the half, but responded with a 30-23 second half difference to come away with the triumph. Ithaca trailed for a majority of the game and never led in the second half until sophomore
Ali Ricchiuti put in a layup with 39 seconds left in regulation. From there, fellow senior
Samantha Klie hit a pair of free throws with five seconds to go, and a final three-point attempt from Messiah did not fall for the Falcons.
The last time Ithaca was in the lead before the 51-50 edge happened at the 8:45 mark in the first half on a basket from freshman
Erin Woop which made the score 16-15. Messiah led by as many as 11 points just two minutes into the second half.
Ithaca went 19-for-44 (43.2-percent) in the game, compared to 19-for-51 (37.3-percent) from Messiah. The Bombers drilled two more three-pointers (three to one) and hit one more free throw (12 to 11). Messiah did, however, hold a 35 to 29 advantage in rebounds.
Ricchiuti poured in a game-high 15 points on 5-for-10 shooting with four rebounds and two steals. Woop contributed 10 points in 16 minutes play and made 4-of-5 shot attempts.
Junior
Keri Steele chipped in seven points, while senior
Ally Mnich tallied six points. Klie finished the contest with four points, four assists and four steals. Senior
Geena Brady also added four points for the Bombers.
Senior
Francesca Cotrupe pulled down a team-best seven rebounds to go along with two points and two blocks. Sophomore
Erin Ferguson contributed five rebounds and three points.
Moravian 56, HARTWICK 51