For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL – 2.15.03
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
Coast Guard Shoots Past Wellesley 69-61
WELLESLEY, MASS. – Holding on to a two-point
lead at 54-52 Coast Guard’s Liz Bosma (Potomac Fall, Va.)
scored 10 of her 16 points to lead the Bears to a 69-61 win over
Wellesley in a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic
Conference women’s basketball match-up, Saturday at Wellesley.
Bosma connected on two of her team-high four three-point field goals
and netted two jump shots in the key 10-5 run for Coast Guard now
13-8 overall and 5-2 in the NEWMAC.
Christine Carbonello (Londonderry, N.H.) netted 16 points for Wellesley
(9-9 overall, 4-4 NEWMAC) while Kelly Grover (Westbrook, Maine)
recorded a double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds.
Tessa Mueller (Torrington, Conn.) paced Coast Guard with a game-high
23 points, while Amy Harmel (Davidsonville, Md.) and Kristen VanHaverbeke
(Stafford, Va.) each chipped in with 10 points a piece.
Coast Guard opened up the second half with an 9-2 run to break open
a 35-34 game and take a 44-36 lead with 15 minutes remaining on
four points from VanHaverbeke, a three-pointer from Bosma and two
free-throws from Katie Johann (Bayport, N.Y.)
Wellesley cut the lead to two on three occasions, including the
56-54 margin with five minutes remaining, but it was as close as
they would get the rest of the way as Coast Guard used Bosma’s
run and effective free-throw shooting down the stretch connecting
on 13-of-16 second half free throws to seal the win.
Wellesley returns to action Tuesday, February 18 against non-conference
opponent Amherst. Tip-off is 7 p.m.
Wellesley (9-9, 4-4 NEWMAC)
Carbonello 5 5-6 16; Doeberl 2 4-4 8; Romasco 1 0-1 2; Harris 3
2-2 8; Weslander 1 0-0 2; Grover 7 1-2 15; Johnson 4 0-1 9; Totals
23 12-16 61
Coast Guard (13-8, 5-2 NEWMAC)
Harmel 2 4-5 10; Mueller 9 3-5 23; Johann 2 2-2 6; Bosma 6 0-0 16;
Russell 0 0-0 0; Tyus 1 0-0 2; VanHaverbeke 3 4-4 10; Bucheit 1
0-0 2; Totals 24 13-16 69
Three-Point Field Goals: Wellesley – Carbonello,
Weslander, Johnson; Coast Guard – Harmel 2, Mueller 2, Bosma
4
Halftime – Coast Guard 35-32
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