Feb 02, 2013
Sophomore Colleen O'Connell had 24 points.
2/2/2013
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POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (February 2, 2013) – The Vassar College women's basketball team just made the race for the top spot in the Liberty League standings a lot tighter. The Brewers, clicking on all cylinders, rocked past St. Lawrence, 79-54, at the Athletics & Fitness Center and drew one game closer to the league lead.
The Brewers began the game shooting an unconscious 8 for 10 from the floor and used that springboard to win an important league contest and improve to 16-4, 8-3. St. Lawrence drops to 15-5, 9-2 and next plays at Skidmore (11-8, 9-1) on Tuesday in a game with significant league playoff positioning at stake. The Brewers will next visit Rensselaer on Tuesday for a 6:00 p.m. game.
Vassar thoroughly dismantled St. Lawrence in building a 27-10 lead (13 of 17 from the floor) at the 9:28 mark of the first half. During that run, it wasn't one single Brewer filling the net, it was the entire lineup. However, junior guard Cydni Matsuoka had nine of Vassar's points during that scintillating start and sophomore forward Colleen O'Connell had 12 points and six rebounds in the first half. In fact, it was an O'Connell 3-point from the top of the key that took air out of a St. Lawrence attempt to get back into the contest.
Down 32-12, the Saints got within 33-18 with 3:18 to play following a layup by sophomore guard Allison Cady, but O'Connell canned a trifecta, followed by back-to-back baskets from sophomore guard Nyah Berg, and the Brewers led 40-20. Berg matched a career-high 18 points on a blistering 8 of 10 from the field. Vassar led 42-20 halftime lead, cooling off to 59 percent field goal shooting.
To punctuate matters, the Brewers began the second half on a 15-4 spurt, O'Connell scoring eight of those points and built a 57-24 lead just 4:36 into the half.
The Saints, who needed quick points to cut into the Vassar margin, were hampered by a 1 of 15 effort from behind the arc. Those long rebounds off missed shots, enabled Vassar to hold a 14-2 advantage in fast break points.
O'Connell finished with 24 points on 7 of 11 shooting, two shy of her career high of 26 points set against Bard College this season. She grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. Matsuoka had 19 points.
Three players scored eight points each for the Saints, sophomore guard Kara McDuffee, junior forward Kelly Legg and Cady.
Game Program
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (February 2, 2013) – The Vassar College women's basketball team just made the race for the top spot in the Liberty League standings a lot tighter. The Brewers, clicking on all cylinders, rocked past St. Lawrence, 79-54, at the Athletics & Fitness Center and drew one game closer to the league lead.
The Brewers began the game shooting an unconscious 8 for 10 from the floor and used that springboard to win an important league contest and improve to 16-4, 8-3. St. Lawrence drops to 15-5, 9-2 and next plays at Skidmore (11-8, 9-1) on Tuesday in a game with significant league playoff positioning at stake. The Brewers will next visit Rensselaer on Tuesday for a 6:00 p.m. game.
Vassar thoroughly dismantled St. Lawrence in building a 27-10 lead (13 of 17 from the floor) at the 9:28 mark of the first half. During that run, it wasn't one single Brewer filling the net, it was the entire lineup. However, junior guard Cydni Matsuoka had nine of Vassar's points during that scintillating start and sophomore forward Colleen O'Connell had 12 points and six rebounds in the first half. In fact, it was an O'Connell 3-point from the top of the key that took air out of a St. Lawrence attempt to get back into the contest.
Down 32-12, the Saints got within 33-18 with 3:18 to play following a layup by sophomore guard Allison Cady, but O'Connell canned a trifecta, followed by back-to-back baskets from sophomore guard Nyah Berg, and the Brewers led 40-20. Berg matched a career-high 18 points on a blistering 8 of 10 from the field. Vassar led 42-20 halftime lead, cooling off to 59 percent field goal shooting.
To punctuate matters, the Brewers began the second half on a 15-4 spurt, O'Connell scoring eight of those points and built a 57-24 lead just 4:36 into the half.
The Saints, who needed quick points to cut into the Vassar margin, were hampered by a 1 of 15 effort from behind the arc. Those long rebounds off missed shots, enabled Vassar to hold a 14-2 advantage in fast break points.
O'Connell finished with 24 points on 7 of 11 shooting, two shy of her career high of 26 points set against Bard College this season. She grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. Matsuoka had 19 points.
Three players scored eight points each for the Saints, sophomore guard Kara McDuffee, junior forward Kelly Legg and Cady.