Women’s Basketball Downed By Husson, 80-59

Box Score

NORTON, Mass. – Elms College senior forward Amanda Brogna (Oxford, Mass.) collected a team-high 15 points and 10 rebounds but Husson University had four players in double figures to help pace the Eagles to a 80-59 victory over the Blazers in Sunday afternoon’s women’s basketball contest at the Wheaton College New Year’s Tournament.

With the loss, Elms falls to 1-8 on the season while Husson improves to 3-6 overall.

Husson soared to an early 19-6 lead in the opening eight minutes before an 11-1 run, sparked by a three-pointer from sophomore point guard Carolyn Talmadge (Wilbraham, Mass.), a pair of buckets by sophomore guard Katie Condon (Sandy Hook, Conn.) and one each from Talmadge and freshman guard Jen Normandie (Westford, Mass.) pulled the Blazers to within three at 20-17 with 7:24 remaining in the opening stanza.

Trailing 23-17 at the 6:06 mark, senior forward Erin Hutchinson (Groton, Mass.) drained a pair of free throws to get Elms back to within four at 23-19, but Husson scored 17 of the final 19 points of the period to post a 40-22 advantage at intermission.

The Eagles maintained a double-digit lead and took a 47-31 lead with 17:53 left in the contest before Elms’ senior guard Jessica Jurkowski (Belchertown, Mass.) sank a jumper, Brogna converted a layup and Normandie swished a trey to pull the Blazers to within nine at 47-38 at the 16:07 mark.

The sides traded a pair of baskets to keep Elms’ deficit at nine with 13:43 remaining in the game and the Blazers could get no closer.

Leading 62-49 with 7:45 left, Husson maintained at least a 13-point cushion and led by as many as 22 (78-56) at the 1:41 mark.

Talmadge and Normandie finished with 13 points apiece to round out the Blazers’ trio of players to record double-digit outputs, while Condon added eight points off the bench in the losing effort.

Husson’s Noelle Lincoln (Dixmont, Maine) finished 4 of 7 from three-point land and 5 of 7 from the stripe to register a game-high 19 points, while Amanda Gifford (Lee, Maine) dropped in 14 points and handed out five helpers in the contest.

Shelby Bradford (Lee, Maine) and Brianna Hanscom (Mattawamkeag, Maine) netted 13 and 12 points respectively, while Bradford hauled in a team-high eight boards and contributed four steals in the winning effort.

For her efforts, Talmadge was named to the all-tournament team.

Elms will open New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) action on Saturday, Jan. 9 at Newbury College. Game-time is slated for 12:00 p.m. in Brookline, Mass.