Nashua, NH – Daniel Webster junior guard Alycia Gervais (Windham, Conn.) dropped in a game-high 24 points on 10 of 19 shooting while junior Sarah Paternostro (Glastonbury, Conn.) tied the all time program record for single game assists with 13 and the Eagles extended their program-record win streak to 11 with a convincing 80-30 win over host Bay Path College in Monday afternoon's New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women's basketball game at the Bartley Center.
The Eagles, who had three players reach double figures, improved to 12-2 overall, moved into a tie atop the NECC standings with Mitchell College at 5-0, and remained perfect in six all-time meetings with the Wildcats (0-13, 0-5 NECC).
Junior center Alyssa Regan (Salem, N.H.) scored 12 points and added six rebounds in just 13 minutes and Paternostro netted 10 points as the other two players to score in double figures for Daniel Webster in the victory.
Paternostro's 13 assists tied the record that has stood since Michelle Dailey established the mark on January 29, 1996 in a 84-46 victory over Emerson College at DWC.
Vanessa Bosques (N. Windham, Conn.) chipped in with eight points for the Eagles, who saw 11 players reach the scoring column. Rookie Ama Baker added a season high seven points and four caroms. Gervais would also pull down eight rebounds for the victors.
Freshman forward Taylor Riley's (Colchester, VT.) jumper staked Bay Path to an early 10-6 lead. From there, however, the Eagles limited the Wildcats to just two field goals and used a 28-4 run over the final 15:49 to build a comfortable 34-14 lead at intermission.
Regan then put the game out of reach, as she netted eight of the Eagles' next 10 points in a 10-2 run over the first 5:38 of the second half.
The Eagles held decisive advantages in points in the paint (45-6), points off turnovers (33-7) and bench scoring (26-9) while forcing the Wildcats into 29 turnovers and 28.6-percent shooting from the field.
Sophomore guard Brittany Alexander (Enfield, Conn.) tallied 10 points in 21 minutes as the lone player to reach double figures for Bay Path in the losing effort.
The Eagles are off until Thursday when they host Mitchell in what could prove to be a marquee battle of NECC unbeatens at 7:00 p.m. The 5-0 Mariners visit a 4-0 Lesley squad Tuesday night. Mitchell was the only team to top DWC during last season's NECC regular season.