For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL – 1.21.03
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
Wellesley Bombs Babson 70-47 in NEWMAC Opener
BABSON PARK, CONN. – Wellesley College had
four players in double-figures, including three double-doubles,
cruising to a 70-47 victory over Babson College in a New England
Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's basketball
match-up Tuesday night.
Sophomore Bridget Harris (Newbury Park, Calif.) led all scorers
with 16 points, on 6-for-12 shooting from the field, and recorded
her third double-double of the season grabbing 11 boards. Senior
co-captains Christine Carbonello (Londonderry, N.H.) and Kelly Grover
(Westbrook, Maine) each had double-doubles for Wellesley (6-5, 1-0
NEWMAC) as Carbonello netted 12 points and corralled a season-high
10 rebounds while Grover chipped in with 11 points and a game-high
14 rebounds. Erin Johnson (Westhampton Beach, N.Y.) had 15 points,
on 4-for-7 shooting including a 3-for-5 mark from beyond the arc,
five rebounds, and two blocks in a solid-game for Wellesley.
Wellesley outscored Babson (7-7, 0-1) 24-8 in the opening 15 minutes
of the game and led by as much as 19 points in the first half at
31-12 before Babson rattled off a 9-0 run to pull within 10 by the
break. It was as close as Babson would get as Wellesley continued
its hot-shooting connecting on 50% of its shots in the second half
(12-for-24).
Babson's Joanna Maher (North Easton, Mass.) paced the Beavers with
13 points and three assists while Ingrid Miller (East Lyme, Conn.)
chipped in with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Wellesley returns to action Saturday, January 25 against NEWMAC
rival Mount Holyoke. Mount Holyoke, winners of five straight including
a 72-50 win over Western New England, defeated Wellesley 57-54 early
in the season in the championship game of the Seven Sisters Tournament.
Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m.
Wellesley 70 (6-5, 1-0 NEWMAC )
Carbonello 3 4-4 12; Diest 1 1-2 3; Worrell 0 0-0 0; Romasco 0 4-7
4; Harris 6 2-3 16; Weslander 2 0-0 5; Kim 2 0-0 4; Grover 4 3-4
11; Johnson 4 4-6 15 Totals 22 16-18 70
Babson 47 (7-7, 0-1 NEWMAC )
Hellen 1 0-0 2; Nanjego 1 0-0 3; Hellen 1 0-0 2; McMackin 0 0-0
0; Baker 2 2-2 7; Maskaluk 0 0-0 0; Maher 5 2-2 13; Andre 2 0-0
4; Leahy 0 0-0 0; Miller 4 4-6 12; Conroy 2 0-0 4; Totals 18 9-9
47
Three-Point Field Goals: Wellesley - Johnson 3,
Harris 2, Carbonello 2, Weslander; Babson - Baker, Maher
Halftime - Wellesley 31-21
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