Dec 08, 2012
The sophomore guard had 16 points on 5-11 shooting.
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POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (December 8, 2012) – Led by a career high 16 points from sophomore guard Nyah Berg, the Vassar College women's basketball shook off a scrappy Berkeley (NY) College team and pulled away to a 72-55 victory Saturday afternoon at the Athletics & Fitness Center.
A short-handed Berkeley team kept itself in the game, particularly in the first half, and trailed 32-25 at intermission. The Brewers took advantage of Berkeley having just one bench player at its disposal. The Vassar reserves scored 17 of 40-second half points to help secure the victory in the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
The victory improves Vassar to 6-0 on the season. Berkeley drops to 3-3. The Brewers will next play Widener University at the Montclair University Holiday Tournament on Saturday, December 29 at 8:00 p.m. Berkeley will next face The College of New Rochelle on Monday, December 10 at 7:00 p.m.
The Knights kept within nine points the entire first half and were within three points, 28-25, with 1:25 to play. Vassar closed out the first half with four straight points and used its deep bench to wear down the Knights in the second half.
Vassar opened a 38-28 lead following a layup by freshman Alex Moon at the 17:10 mark of the second half. Led by 11-second half points from junior guard Cydni Matsuoka, the Brewers then went on a 10-0 run to push their lead to 48-28 with 11:17 remaining.
The Brewers forced 11 second half Berkeley turnovers, resulting in 14 points and got five second half points from senior guard Ali Higgins to methodically pull away from the Knights. A Hannah Senftleber layup put Vassar ahead 70-50 with 1:19 to play.
Game Program
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (December 8, 2012) – Led by a career high 16 points from sophomore guard Nyah Berg, the Vassar College women's basketball shook off a scrappy Berkeley (NY) College team and pulled away to a 72-55 victory Saturday afternoon at the Athletics & Fitness Center.
A short-handed Berkeley team kept itself in the game, particularly in the first half, and trailed 32-25 at intermission. The Brewers took advantage of Berkeley having just one bench player at its disposal. The Vassar reserves scored 17 of 40-second half points to help secure the victory in the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
The victory improves Vassar to 6-0 on the season. Berkeley drops to 3-3. The Brewers will next play Widener University at the Montclair University Holiday Tournament on Saturday, December 29 at 8:00 p.m. Berkeley will next face The College of New Rochelle on Monday, December 10 at 7:00 p.m.
The Knights kept within nine points the entire first half and were within three points, 28-25, with 1:25 to play. Vassar closed out the first half with four straight points and used its deep bench to wear down the Knights in the second half.
Vassar opened a 38-28 lead following a layup by freshman Alex Moon at the 17:10 mark of the second half. Led by 11-second half points from junior guard Cydni Matsuoka, the Brewers then went on a 10-0 run to push their lead to 48-28 with 11:17 remaining.
The Brewers forced 11 second half Berkeley turnovers, resulting in 14 points and got five second half points from senior guard Ali Higgins to methodically pull away from the Knights. A Hannah Senftleber layup put Vassar ahead 70-50 with 1:19 to play.
After a slow start, Matsuoka scored 18 points and had six assists. Berg earned six of her 16 points from the free throw line and in limited playing time Senftleber had 8 points and 7 rebounds.
Berkeley stayed competitive in large part to the play of junior forward Milan Germany, who scored a game-high 29 points and had nine rebounds.