For
Immediate Release – November 28, 2006
WELLESLEY BASKETBALL
Contact: Kendall Cox
Email: kcox@wellesley.edu
Wellesley Basketball Drops 64-52 Loss to Rhode Island College
WELLESLEY,
Mass. – Rhode Island College picked up a 64-52
non-conference win over host Wellesley College on Tuesday evening
in Towne Field House. The Anchorwomen improve to 3-1, while the
Blue stand at 0-4 on the season.
In
a first-half that saw the lead change hands six times, RIC went
on a 12-4
run in the closing three and half minutes of the
stanza to grab a 35-25 advantage at the break. Cassi Malec (Johnston,
R.I.) keyed the Anchorwomen’s scoring in the half’s
final stretch, netting two from three point range. Malec sunk two
additional three-pointers earlier in frame to help RIC chip away
at Wellesley’s largest lead of the night, an 8-3 edge at
3:05 into the contest.
Malec
opened up the second stanza by scoring her fifth three-point
basket of the night and helped the Anchorwomen kick off a 7-2
run,
giving RIC a 42-27 lead at 2:53 into the second half. The Anchorwomen
would push their advantage to as many as 21, but a late second-half
surge from the Blue cut the final score to 64-52. Wellesley closed
with a 16-7 run thanks to five and four point efforts from Courtney
Richter (Sinking Spring, Pa.) and Laura Barrett (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.)
respectively.
Malec
led all scorers with 21 points, contributing a 5-for-6 night
from three-point range. First-year Kari Geisler (Deerfield, N.H.)
tallied 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds, while classmate
Alice
Mullen (Saunderstown, R.I.) chipped in seven points.
Sophomores
Richter and Jessica Duff (Milton, Abingdon, UK) led the Blue
as each grabbed a double-double. Richter
netted 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, while Duff scored
14 and nabbed 14 rebounds. First-year Barrett (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.)
added six points in the loss.
Wellesley will return to action on Friday when the Blue travel
to Haverford to participate in the three-day Seven Sisters Tournament,
tipping off at 3 p.m. against Vassar in their first game of the
weekend. RIC is back at home on Thursday as the Anchorwomen take
on Roger Williams at 7 p.m.
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