For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL – 2.8.03
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
Wellesley Downs W.P.I. 60-40
WORCESTER, MASS. – Wellesley seniors Christine
Carbonello (Londonderry, N.H.) and Kelly Grover (Westbrook, Maine)
combined for 35 of Wellesley’s 60 points and each recorded
double-doubles to lead Wellesley to a 60-40 New England Women’s
and Men’s Athletic Conference win against W.P.I., Saturday
at Wellesley. With the win Wellesley improves to 8-8 overall
and 3-3 in the NEWMAC while W.P.I. falls to 4-14 and 0-5.
Grover had game-highs of 18 points and 14 rebounds while Carbonello
finished with 17 points, a season-high 13 rebounds, two assists
and two steals. First-year guard Catherine Romasco had a career-high
eight assists for the Blue, while grabbing four rebounds.
W.P.I. was led by 14 points from junior guard Alison Wing (Brewer,
Maine). Wing was 5-for-9 from the floor and 3-for-6 from beyond
the arc.
Both teams traded baskets in the opening five minutes of the first
half before Wellesley used and 11-0 run to take a 17-7 lead and
control of the game with nine minutes to play. Sophomore Bridget
Harris (Newbury Park, Calif.) came off the bench and scored four
of her 11 points in the run while Grover, Carbonello and Kristin
Doeberl (West Redding, Conn.) each chipped in with two points a
piece.
Wellesley took its largest lead of the half at 26-10 on the heels
of a 9-0 run with four minutes remaining as Carbonello scored seven
unanswered points for the Blue on three lay-ups, including two offensive
rebounds and put-backs, and a free throw, leading Wellesley to a
30-15 halftime advantage.
Wellesley, which connected on 13-of-32 shots in the first half,
continued its hot-shooting in the second half connecting on 14-of-27
attempts (51.8 %) while W.P.I. struggled from the floor shooting
just 29.4 percent from the field (15-for-51).
Wellesley returns to action Tuesday, February 11, on the road against
NEWMAC opponent Clark University. Game time is 5:30 p.m.
Wellesley (8-8, 3-3 NEWMAC)
Carbonello 7 3-6 17; Doeberl 4 0-0 8; Diest 0 0-0 0; Romasco 1 0-0
2; Harris 5 1-3 11; Weslander 0 0-0 0; Kim 0 0-0 0; Grover 8 2-6
18; Johnson 2 0-0 4; Totals 27 6-15 60
WPI (4-14, 0-5 NEWMAC)
Zalusky 2 0-0 5; Doyon 1 0-0 3; Herchenroder 0 0-0 0; Duhaime 0
0-0 0;
Madsen 1 0-0 2; Blaisdell 0 0-0 0; Corcoran 0 0-0 0; Wing 5 1-2
14; Bryant 1 1-2 3; MacDonald 2 0-0 5; Mroczkowski 0 0-0 0; Reynolds
1 0-0 2; Moore 0 0-0 0;
Helberg 1 2-4 4; Dakin 1 0-0 2; Totals 15 8-13 40
Three-Point Field Goals: Wellesley – none;
WPI – Zalucky, Doyon, MacDonald, Wing 3
Halftime – Wellesley 30-15
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