For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL – 1.28.03
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
Carbonello Lifts Wellesley Past M.I.T. 64-61
WELLESLEY, MASS. – Christine Carbonello
(Londonderry, N.H.) connected on her fifth three-point field goal
of the game with two seconds remaining, lifting Wellesley to a 64-61
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference women's basketball
win against M.I.T., Tuesday at Wellesley. With the win Wellesley
improves to 7-6 and 2-1 in the NEWMAC while MIT drops to 8-7, 2-1.
Carbonello, whose five three's ties her for second for three-point
field goals made by a Wellesley player in a single game, was 5-for-7
from beyond the arc and finished with a team and season-high 23
points.
Trailing by eight at 54-46 with seven minutes remaining in the
game, M.I.T. used a 14-7 run, including two six-point mini- runs,
to battle to a 61-61 tie with 26 seconds on the clock. M.I.T's Crystal
Russell (West Reading, Pa.) scored seven of her game-high 25 points
in the run while Maria Hidalgo (Auburn, Wash.) had four points and
an assist in the key run. Russell converted a lay-up and the free
throw for just the game's second tie score.
After a time out and a M.I.T. foul, Wellesley inbounded the ball
from underneath its own basket. Kelly Grover (Westbrook, Maine)
found Carbonello in the right-hand corner for the game-winner.
Grover had a solid performance for Wellesley finishing with nine
points, 14 rebounds, two assists and two blocked shots while first-year
Catherine Romasco (Sutton, Mass.) had a career-high 13 points, including
three three-point field goals for the Blue.
Wellesley (7-6, 2-1 NEWMAC )
Carbonello 9 0-0 23; Doeberl 2 0-0 4; Diest 0 0-0 0; Romasco 5 0-1
13; Harris 3 0-0 7; Weslander 0 0-0 0; Kim 0 0-0 0; Grover 4 1-2
9; Johnson 3 2-2 8; Totals 26 3-5 64
MIT (8-7, 2-1 NEWMAC)
Yang 0 0-0 0; Daugherty 2 0-0 4; Mahjib 1 0-0 2; Dooley 2 0-0 5;
Hidalgo 7 0-0 15; Kinnaman 2 0-0 4; Phoenix 1 0-0 2; Russell 10
5-5 25; Zacks 2 0-2 4; Totals 27 5-7 61
Three-Point Field Goals: Wellesley - Carbonello
5, Romasco 3, Harris; MIT - Dooley, Hidalgo
Halftime - Wellesley 33-29
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