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STANDISH,
ME - The Saint Joseph's College Women's Basketball team made 45% of
their field goal attempts en route to a 70-47 victory over conference
opponent Pine Manor College on Wednesday evening. SO Meghan
Daigle (Grantham, NH) netted 15 points in the win. With the
victory St. Joe's improves to 14-6 overall and 7-2 in GNAC play.
The Pine Manor Gators fall to 6-13 overall and 2-7 in conference contests.
St. Joe's used nifty passing in the transition game to stake an early
lead. SJC led 16-6 at the 12:45 mark after SO Allison
Miner (Pembroke, NH) grabbed a defensive board, hurled
the ball downcourt to SO Carolyn Freeman
(Scarborough, ME) who immediately dished the ball to a wide-open FY
Casey Drake (Lebanon, NH) who was
camped out under the hoop and hit a layup to complete the lightning-quick
tic-tac-toe play.
SJC used a 25-2 run, highlighted by a tenacious defensive effort that
resulted in eight Gator turnovers, to go up 33-8 with four minutes
remaining in the first half. Daigle and FY Erin
Cartwright (Acton, MA) combined to score 11 points
in the 10 minute swing that helped St. Joe's post a 28-point lead,
45-17, at halftime.
Despite a better shooting performance and 16 second half points from
Laura Cecil (Solan, OH), Pine Manor was unable to overcome the daunting
St. Joe's lead in the latter half as the Royal Blue held on to earn
a conference victory, 70-47.
Carolyn Freeman scored 12 points, made 4 of 6 trey
attempts and dealt 5 assists in the SJC win. Allison Miner
grabbed 9 boards in the contest and SR Megan Farrell (Abington,
MA) came off the bench to tally 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
Meghan Daigle was efficient from the floor as she
connected on 5 of 7 field goal attempts and 5 of 6 free throw shots
to account for her team-high 15 points. The sophomore forward also
added 7 rebounds in the contest. Erin Cartwright
tallied 7 points with a 3-4 shooting effort and 4 assists. Both JR
Andrea Enright (Holyoke, MA) and FY Sarah Fournier
(Jay, ME) both scored 7 points off the bench.
For Pine Manor, Laura Cecil scored a game-high 20 points and Nicole
Doras (Salisbury, MA) grabbed 5 steals.
St. Joe's will travel to Providence, RI on Saturday, 2/9 to face off
against GNAC opponent Johnson and Wales University for a 1:00 PM tipoff.
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