Women’s Basketball Falls To Daniel Webster, 69-48
Women’s Basketball Falls To Daniel Webster, 69-48
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CHICOPEE, Mass. – Elms College sophomore
guards Carolyn Talmadge (Wilbraham, Mass.) and
Katie Condon (Sandy Hook, Conn.) netted 12 points
apiece, but Daniel Webster College received a game-high 23 points
from Vanessa Bosques (N. Windham, Conn.) to help the Eagles to a
69-48 victory in the Saturday afternoon’s New England
Collegiate Conference (NECC) women’s basketball game at
Picknelly Arena.
With the loss, Elms falls to 7-13 overall, 6-5 in league play,
while Daniel Webster improves to 16-4 on the season, and 11-0 in
NECC action.
Daniel Webster stormed out to a 10-0 lead in the opening 5:15
before the Blazers answered with a 16-6 run, highlighted by a pair
of treys by senior guard Annie Dunnack (Mansfield Center,
Conn.) and a three-pointer from Condon to knot the score
at 16-16 with 7:54 remaining in the opening period.
Two swishes from beyond the arc by Bosques fueled a 12-2 run by
the Eagles, as Daniel Webster took a 28-20 lead into
intermission.
Trailing 39-24 with 15:19 left in the contest, Talmadge connected
for a pair of baskets and freshman guard Jen Normandie
(Westford, Mass.) nailed a jumper to bring the Blazers to
within nine at 39-30 with 12:42 to play.
Daniel Webster responded with 17 of the next 25 points to stake a
56-38 lead with 6:49 to play before Elms used a 6-2 run on the
strength of a Condon three-pointer and a Normandie layup to cut the
deficit to 14 at 58-44 with 4:58 remaining.
The Eagles then scored five consecutive points to take a 22 point
lead (their largest of the game), and kept at least a 20-point
cushion for the remainder of the contest en route to the 69-48
victory.
Dunnack finished with 10 points, while senior forward
Jessica Jurkowski (Belchertown, Mass.) hauled in a
tie for the game high in rebounds (9) and contributed six points.
Normandie topped out at seven points in the loss.
Daniel Webster held the Blazers to just 29.5-percent shooting from
the field.
Bosques finished 8 of 17 from the floor and 4 of 9 from beyond the
arc, draining 13 of her 23 points in the second frame.
Tonisha Tate (Lynn, Mass.) netted 18 points, while
Kacie Lang (Raymond, N.H.) grabbed nine
boards.
Lang, Bosques and Joyce Chagan (Boothbay Harbor,
Maine) each handed out three assists in the winning
effort.
Elms returns to action on Tuesday, Feb. 9 when it hosts Southern
Vermont College in an NECC contest. Game time is set for 6:00 p.m.
at Picknelly Arena.
