For Immediate Release
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RESULTS– 11.25.03
Contact: Christina Cracolici
Phone: (781) 283-2003
E-mail: ccracoli@wellesley.edu
BRANDEIS HOLDS OFF WELLESLEY 64-55
Wellesley, Mass. – Led by double-digit scoring
efforts from four players, Brandeis held off a surging Wellesley
squad for a 64-55 win giving Head Coach Carol Simon her 200th career
victory in a non-conference women’s basketball match-up, Saturday
at Wellesley. With the win Brandeis improves to 3-0 while Wellesley
falls to 1-2 on the season.
Caitlin Malcolm (Windsor Locks, Conn.) led all scorers posting a
double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Judges
past Wellesley. Christine Clancy (Yarmouth, Maine) and Danielle
Fitzpatrick (Stratham, N.H.) each reached double-figures netting
14 and 13 points respectively while Jayne Wise (Chatham, N.J.) chipped
in with 10 points. Malcolm did most of her damage in the first half
coming off the bench for 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting to lead Brandeis
to a commanding 32-21 halftime advantage.
Erin Johnson (Westhampton, N.Y.) scored 14 points to lead Wellesley,
while first-year Laura Jasinski (Amherst, Mass.) recorded her first
career double-double on 10 points and a game-high 16 rebounds.
Brandeis led by as many as 19 points late in the second half at
55-36 before Wellesley cut into the lead to trail by nine points
with seven minutes remaining. Wellesley used a trio
of three-point field goals from three different players to find
itself back into the game. Sophomore Catie Romasco (Worcester,
Mass.) started the 13-3 run hitting the first of back-to-back treys
for Wellesley as Johnson followed Romasco with her second three-pointer
of the half, cutting the lead to 12 at 56-44. Jasinski then
collected an offensive rebound and a lay-up before Laura Weslander
(Mendota Heights, Minn.) netted her only three-point field goal
of the night to bring the deficit to nine at 58-49 with 6:51 on
the clock.
Brandeis held on however as Clancy, Fitzpatrick and Wise each scored
short-jumpers to keep Wellesley at bay. Wise ended the game with
six points and six assists.
Wellesley returns to action on the road December 3 at Regis College
for a 7 p.m. game.
NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball
– Brandeis 64, Wellesley 55
Brandeis 64 (3-0)
DeMartino 2 1-1 5; Clancy 6 2-2 14; Wise 5 0-0 10; Awwad 1 0-0 3;
Fitzpatrick 6 1-2 13; Sullivan 0 0-0 0; Kostegan 0 0-0 0; Shermerhorn
0 2-2 2;; Malcom 8 1-2 17 Totals 28 7-9 64
Wellesley 55 (1-2)
Romasco 3 0-2 9; Doeberl 4 0-0 8; Diest 2 2-2 7; Johnson 5 2-2 14;
Jasinski 3 4-5 10; Adasi 1 0-0 2; Senecal 0 0-0 0; Weslander 2 0-1
5; Allukian 0 0-0 0 Totals 20 8-12 55
Three-Point Field Goals: Wellesley – Romasco
3, Johnson 2; Weslander; Diest Brandeis - Awwad
Halftime – Brandeis 32-21
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