Women’s Basketball Falls At Smith, 57-44

Box Score

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – Elms College freshman guard Jen Normandie (Westford, Mass.) drained a game-high 20 points and senior forward Amanda Brogna (Oxford, Mass.) notched a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds, but Smith College was able to post a 57-44 victory over the Blazers in Tuesday evening’s non-conference women’s basketball game.

With the loss, Elms falls to 1-2 on the season, while Smith improves to 2-1 overall.

Both teams struggled in the first period of action, as the sides played to a 10-10 deadlock with six minutes remaining in the half. Smith then closed out the half by going on a 14-9 run to post a 24-19 lead at the intermission.

Elms surged back in the second half, 10 of the first 17 points of the frame to pull to within two at 31-29, capped by a Normandie jumper with 10:15 left in the contest. However, that’s as close as the Blazers would get, as the Pioneers outscored Elms 26-15 over the final 9:45 to seal the victory.

Blazers’ sophomore point guard Carolyn Talmadge (Wilbraham, Mass.) netted seven points, while Normandie cashed in for 16 of her 20 points in the second half and was 4 of 4 from the stripe in the losing effort.

Smith was led by freshmen Daron Dean (Brush Prairie, Wash.) and Elizabeth Dutton (Deering, N.H.) who scored 12 and 11 respectively.

The Pioneers also received a 10-rebound effort from senior Lisa Marie Vuono (Lyndhurst, N.J.).

Smith took advantage of Blazers’ foul trouble, shooting an impressive 80 percent from the free throw line (24-30), including an 86.4 percent mark in the second half.

Elms returns to action on Tuesday, Dec. 1 when it travels to Western New England College (WNEC). Tip-off is slated for 8:00 p.m.