Wednesday, November 28, 2001
MCCLOSKEY POWERS TRINITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TO WIN OVER COAST GUARD
Hartford, Conn. - Junior center Kate McCloskey (Uxbridge, Mass.) scored a game-high 25 points, sinking 10 out of 17 shots from the field, and added seven boards to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 68-44 victory over the visiting United States Coast Guard Academy Bears in women’s basketball action this evening at Oosting Gymnasium. Trinity improves to 3-1 with its third straight win, while the Bears drop to 0-3.
Trinity broke open an 18-17 game, scoring 21 out of the next 23 points including the half’s last 17. The Bantams held the Bears to a 32.7 percent field goal shooting and a 16.7 three-point field goal shooting percentage for the game.
McCloskey scored 18 of her points in the first half, while Bantam senior co-captain guard Bridget Dullea (Longmeadow, Mass.) notched 15 points and six assists and freshman forward Michelle McCaffrey (West Springfield, Mass.) added a team-high 11 boards. Freshman guard Amy Harmel (Davidsonville, Md.) paced the Bears with 14 points and Coast Guard junior forward Kristen VanHaverbeke (Barrington, R.I.) totaled 10 points and 11 rebounds.
|
Teams |
1st |
2nd |
OT |
OT |
Final |
|
Coast Guard (0-3) |
19 |
25 |
-- |
-- |
44 |
|
Trinity, Conn. (3-1) |
39 |
29 |
-- |
-- |
68 |
SCORING
CG- Amy Harmel 4-14 (3) 3-4 14, Kristen VanHaverbeke 4-7 2-5 10, Lis Bosma 3-8 1-1 7, Colleen Mullen 2-2 0-0 4, Eileen Brown 1-1 1-2 3, Kira Peterson 1-7 0-0 2, Jamie Russell 1-4 0-0 2, Holly Bucheit 1-3 0-0 2, Katie Johann 0-1 0-1 0, Ellen Motoi 0-3 0-0 0, Maria Roerick 0-1 0-0 0, Lisa Motoi 0-0 0-0 0, Tanesha Tyus 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals: 17-52 (3) 7-13 44.
TC- Kate McCloskey 10-17 5-7 25, Bridget Dullea 5-16 (2) 3-4 15, Shannon Herold 3-6 (1) 2-2 9, Alison Hadden 3-7 (1) 0-1 7, Michelle McCaffrey 2-6 0-1 4, Beth Landry 2-2 0-0 4, Kristin Heil 1-3 0-0 2, Angela Iandoli 0-0 1-2 1, Rebecca Bell 0-5 1-2 1, McKenzie Corby 0-1 0-0 0, Liz Bontempo 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals: 26-67 (4) 12-19 68.