Box Score Panthers winning streak ends at seven
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The Eastern Connecticut
State University women's basketball team put together a 17-5
run midway through the first half and coasted to a 107-60 victory
over Plymouth State University in Little East Conference action
Saturday afternoon at Geissler Gymnasium.
Ranked 23rd nationally, Eastern shot a season-high 54.4
percent from the floor en route to improving to 8-1 overall
and 2-3 in the Little East. The Panthers, now 7-2 overall and 1-1
in conference play, had won seven straight following a
season-opening loss but shot just 27.3 percent from the floor and
were outrebounded by 24.
Coming off its first loss of the season at No. 1-ranked Amherst
College Thursday, Eastern got points and rebounds from all 12
players in uniform. Senior Jessica Moriarty (East Haven, Conn.) led
Eastern with a season-high 19 points , career-high 12 rebounds and
season-high eight assists and was joined in double figures by
sophomore Tanisha Carter (East Hartford, Conn.), sophomore Jessica
Blodgett (Nicantic, Conn.), sophomore Lauren Kelleher (Dartmouth,
Mass.) and sophomore Samantha Riccio (Avon, Conn.).
Senior Amanda Kania (Manchester, N.H./West)
totaled nearly one third of PSU's points, finishing with 19
and a team-high eight rebounds as the only Panther to score in
double figures. Averaging a combined 30 points per game
entering play, junior Alicia Doucet (Manchester,
N.H./Central) and freshman Sammie Walker
(Manchester, N.H./Central) combined for only eight points on
1-for-13 shooting from the floor.
Plymouth State now takes a break for final exams and the
holidays. The Panthers will return to action on Sunday, Jan.
2, when they host Johnson & Wales University at Foley
Gymnaisum.
(Courtesy of Eastern Conn. Sports
Information)
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