Box Score

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (November 26, 2013) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's basketball team improved to 4-1 on the season with a 72-50 victory on the road at Centenary College on Tuesday evening at the John Reeves Center in Hackettstown, N.J.

Freshman Erica Guketlov (Spotswood, N.J.) paced Stevens with a career-high 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor including a perfect 5-for-5 from three-point range in 29 minutes off the bench. Guketlov also pulled down six rebounds with two assists.

Centenary (2-3) led for the first 3:42 of the contest until sophomore Dylan Krause (Atlanta, Ga.) drained a three to tie the game up at 7-7. The Ducks earned their first edge of the showdown on the ensuing possession after senior Avis Benjamin (Queens, N.Y.) put in a jumper with 15:29 to go in the half.

Krause totaled seven points with six boards, while Benjamin chipped in 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting with six rebounds and two blocked shots.

After ties at 9-9 and 13-13, the Cyclones captured their final lead of the contest midway through the half at 15-13 on a made basket from Mallory George. Stevens then used the first three-ball from Guketlov to take a 16-15 advantage and would go on a 13-7 run to close out the half up, 29-22.

In the second half, the Ducks continued to build on their lead and were up by 19 points with 11:33 remaining in regulation at 47-28 on a layup from senior Molly Spadaro(Sewell, N.J.). Centenary cut its deficit to 16 on a pair of free throws from George at 47-31, but Stevens scored the next 14 points over a 2:52 span to grow its lead to 30 points at 61-31 with just over seven minutes to go.

Spadaro added seven points and six rebounds.

Centenary then went on a 13-0 run to close to within 17 at 61-44, only to watch the Ducks respond with 11 of the final 17 points to close out the victory in the final 3:26.

Eight Ducks tallied at least seven points in the win, which included nine from freshman Daphne Ginn (Lawrenceville, N.J.), and six a piece from senior Lisa Tessitore(Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.), sophomore Miranda Ripken (Fallston, Md.) and freshman Brittany Washington (Iselin, N.J.).

Stevens shot 46.6 percent from the field (27-for-58) and 58.3 percent from deep (7-for-12). The Ducks also grabbed 46 rebounds and handed out 15 assists. Centenary shot just 26.7 percent overall (16-for-60) in the game and 13.3 percent from three-point range (2-for-15).

Next up for the Ducks is William Paterson University on Saturday, November 30 in Canavan Arena at 1 p.m.

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