For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL – 2.4.03
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
Wheaton Edges Wellesley 49-45
WORCESTER, MASS. – Vanessa Savas (Belmont,
Mass.) scored 12 points and Kerry Deshefy (Clinton, Conn.) added
11 to lead Wheaton to its third straight victory with a 49-45 win
over Wellesley in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
women's basketball match-up, Tuesday at Wheaton. With the win Wheaton
improves to 7-9 overall and 3-2 in the NEWMAC while Wellesley drops
to 7-8 overall and 2-3 in the conference.
Wellesley held a slim 25-23 lead at the half but was hampered by
a 9-for-21 performance from the free-throw line, while Wheaton scored
17 of its 49 points from the charity stripe with a 17-for-23 mark,
including a 13-for-15 second half.
Wellesley's Christine Carbonello (Londonderry, N.H.) scored a game-high
16 points for the Blue on 6-for-11 shooting while grabbing eight
rebounds and four steals. Sophomore Kristin Doeberl (West Redding,
Conn.) was the only other Wellesley player in double-figures with
10 points while senior Kelly Grover (Westbrook, Maine) chipped in
with seven points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
The loss marks the seventh this season that Wellesley has fell
by a margin of five points or less.
Wellesley returns to action, Saturday, February 8 against W.P.I.
at home. Tip-off is at 2 p.m.
Wellesley (7-8, 2-3 NEWMAC )
Carbonello 6 2-3 16; Romasco 1 0-4 2; Grover 3 1-2 7; Doeberl 5
0-0 10; Johnson 1 3-6 5; Deist 0 0-0 0; Harris 0 3-6 3; Weslander
0 0-0 0; Kim 1 0-0 2; Totals 17 9-21 45
Wheaton (7-9, 3-2 NEWMAC)
Deshefy 2 7-8 11; Arment 0 4-4 4; Savas 6 0-1 12; Brassil 1 0-0
2; Jones 0 2-2 2; Stover 2 4-8 8; Williams 1 0-0 3; Dow-Allen 2
0-0 5; Arrendol 1 0-0 2 Totals 15 17-23 49
Three-Point Field Goals: Wellesley - Carbonello
2; Wheaton Williams, Dow-Allen
Halftime - Wellesley 25-23
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