Women's Basketball Wears Down Wheelock, 71-40

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WEARS DOWN WHEELOCK, 71-40

Box score

CHESTNUT HILL, MA, Jan. 13, 2009 - Elms College junior forward Amanda Brogna (Oxford, MA) registered a double-double with a game-high 19 points and 12 rebounds and junior forward Erin Hutchinson (Groton, MA) added a season-high 12 points to help the Blazers post a convincing 71-40 win at Wheelock in a New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women's basketball game on Tuesday night.

Elms College won for the second time in three games to improve to 3-8 overall, 1-1 NECC. Wheelock fell to 1-9, 1-1 NECC.

Following a 3-pointer by Wheelock freshman forward Jessica Battista (Johnston, RI) that cut the Wildcats' deficit to 13-10, Elms College erupted with a 28-5 run over the final 12 minutes of the first half to take  a commanding 41-15 lead at intermission.

Brogna and Hutchinson were a force inside for the Blazers, as the two combined to go 14 for 22 from the field and also hauled in a combined nine offensive rebounds.

Brogna's double-double was her team-leading fifth this season.

Senior forward Paige Schneider (Windsor, CT) added her first double-double of the year with a solid 12-point, 10-rebound effort in 27 minutes of action.

The Blazers, who led by as many as 35 with 14:28 remaining in the game, held a decisive 48-28 advantage on the boards.

Elms College was also excellent defensively, as it limited host Wheelock to just 20.7-percent shooting, including 4 of 30 (13.3-percent) in the first half.

Battista was solid for the Wildcats, as she finished with 18 points, including three 3-pointers in the losing effort.

Elms College returns to NECC play when it travels to Southern Vermont on Saturday, January 17. Tip-off is 1:00 p.m.