Plymouth St. PLYMOUTH 1-1

Westfield St. WESTFIEL 2-0

Plymouth St. PLYMOUTH

1-1

Final

Nov. 12, 2022

Westfield St. WESTFIEL

2-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Plymouth St. PLYMOUTH	10	5	14	2	31
Westfield St. WESTFIEL	20	25	13	19	77

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 11/12/2022 5:50:00 PM | Ryan Joy, Athletics Communications Assistant

WBB: Westfield State outpaces Panthers

WESTFIELD, Mass. – The Plymouth State University women's basketball team lost its first game of the season, falling at Westfield State University, 77-31, in non-conference action at the Woodward Center on Saturday afternoon.

After a season opening victory for PSU earlier in the week, the Panthers were unable to get into a groove offensively after several stoppages in play kept the team from getting in a rhythm.

Junior Sabrina Vlahovic (New Hope, Pa.), senior Autumn Nelson (Weare, N.H.) and junior Lauren Keller (Fort Morgan, Colo.) combined for nearly 60% of the team points (18) and half of the team's rebounds (22).

Plymouth State slips to 1-1 on the season, while the Owls improve to 2-0.

The Basics:

Plymouth State 31, Westfield State 77
- Plymouth State (1-1)
- Westfield State (2-0)

Top Performers:

Sabrina Vlahovic (7 pts, 6 reb)
Autumn Nelson (6 pts, 7 reb)
Lauren Keller (5 pts, 9 reb)

How it Happened:

After a sluggish start by both teams, Plymouth State landed the first points of the game on an elbow three-pointer from junior Jalen Cook (Monkton, Vt.) with 6:46 on the clock.
The Owls responded, using a 17-2 run to take a 17-5 lead at the 3:01 mark.
The tough Westfield State defense limited PSU to just three field goals in the first quarter as the score was 20-10 after one.
The second quarter started much like the first, with several whistles and only one field goal by the Owls in the first three minutes.
PSU trailed 45-15 at the half.
Plymouth State came out of the locker room with some fire, outscoring the hosts 14-13 in the third quarter with less than a minute on the clock.
The Panthers continued to play tough in the fourth quarter, but could not rally from the first half deficit.

By the Numbers:

The Panthers went 9-of-54 from the floor and 2-of-18 from long range.
Plymouth State outrebounded the Owls by a 48-46 margin, including 17-16 on the offensive glass.
PSU had assists on 77.7% of its field goals.
The teams combined for 29 fouls in the first half – just four fewer than the total fouls from the entirety of the season opener.
Westfield State leads the all-time series, 4-2, though the Panthers earned a two-point win in last year's meeting.

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