Sharp-shooting Jeffs bury Golden Bears with 15-3 early second-half run
AMHERST, Mass. - Junior Amherst College
forward Charlotte Taylor (Harvard, MA) connected
on three of her four three-point attempts as the host Jeffs shot
their way to a 67-49 win over Western New England College (WNEC)
in Division III non-conference women's basketball action on Thursday night.
After Golden Bear sophomore Joyce Neilson
(Salisbury, CT) scored the game's first basket, the Jeffs
used a 17-2 run, including six points from senior Co-captain Naomi
Sullivan (Hudson, MA) and three-pointers from Taylor and freshman
guard Sally Hamill (Scituate, MA) to take a 17-4 lead.
WNEC battled back from the deficit behind the stellar play of
freshman Lindsey Black (Bernardston, MA), who scored 10
of her team-high 14 points in the first half, eventually tying
the game at 26. But the Jeffs closed the half on a 9-2 run, capped
by a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Taylor that sent the teams
to the locker rooms with the Jeffs up seven.
The Jeffs used another big run early in the
second half to blow the game open, outscoring the Bears 15-3 during
a 5:33 stretch, taking a 50-34 lead at the 11:42 mark. Back-to-back
three pointers from Hamill and fellow freshman Sara Bozorg
(Amherst, MA), gave Amherst a 58-43 lead, and WNEC never got
any closer than 12 down the stretch. The Amherst defense, which
forced 13 steals for the game, held the Golden Bears to 37.7 percent
shooting from the field (20-53), including leading scorer Erin
Marino (Westerly, RI), who finished 4-16 from the field with
nine points. Black finished with a team-high 14 for the Golden
Bears, while freshman Jamie Carney (Orleans, MA) finished
with eight points and a game-high 11 rebounds as the Golden Bears
fall to 8-4.
For the hosts, Sullivan finished with 14 points
and eight rebounds, while Taylor, fresh from a career-high 12-point performance
against Wesleyan University on Tuesday, added a career-best four assists to her
11 points, shooting 4-5 from the field. Freshman forward Sarah Walker
(West Hartford, CT), despite foul trouble that limited her to 22
minutes, turned in a solid nine-point, nine-rebound performance,
and Bozorg dished out a career-high seven assists in the win. The Jeffs, 9-4,
get eight days off before their next game, next Friday night's
NESCAC showdown at home against Tufts University.
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WNEC (49) Black 6-13 2-2 14, Neilson 4-9 0-0 10, Marino 4-16 0-0 9, Carney 3-7 2-4 8, Fibble 1-4 2-2 4, Gaydos 2-4 0-0 4, Cote 0-0 0-0 0, Cousens 0-0 0-0 0, TOTALS 20-53 6-8 49
Amherst (67) Sullivan 6-18 2-2 14, Taylor 4-5 0-0 11, Feldman 2-5 4-4 9, Walker 3-6 3-3 9, Bozorg 3-6 0-0 7, Hamill 2-2 0-0 6, Putnam 1-3 2-2 5, Coscarelli 2-5 1-2 5, Diamond 0-1 1-2 1, Watkins 0-0 0-0 0, Ouimet 0-0 0-0 0, TOTALS 23-51 13-15 67
3-point goals - WNEC 3-6 (Neilson 2-4, Marino 1-2) Amherst 8-12 (Taylor 3-4, Hamill 2-2, Bozorg 1-2, Putnam 1-2, Feldman 1-2). Fouled out - WNEC -- Fibble. Rebounds - WNEC 34 (Carney 11), Amherst 32 (Walker 9). Assists - WNEC 17 (Marino 5), Amherst 22 (Bozorg 7). Total fouls - WNEC 17, Amherst 12. Technicals - None. Attendance - 121.