Meredith, Gibson lead first-place women's hoop past A.I.C.
Assumption 78, American International 69
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. --- Junior forward
KELLY MEREDITH (Franklin, MA/Franklin) scored 28
points and sophomore guard GABRIELLE GIBSON
(Amityville, NY/Copiague) added 20 points as Assumption College
stormed from the gate to open the second half and never looked back
en route to a 78-69 win in a Northeast-10 Conference women’s
basketball game WEDNESDAY night at the Butova Gymnasium. The game
matched two of the five teams in the conference tied for first
place with 3-0 records entering the game.
The game start was delayed by a campus-wide
power outage, scheduled for a 5:30 p.m. start it did not tapoff
until 6:20 p.m.
Junior guard MICHELLE LAFOND
(Holyoke, MA/Holyoke) led the Yellow Jackets with 20 points and six
rebounds.
The teams played to a 34-34 stalemate at
halftime as Meredith led the Greyhounds with 15 points on
six-for-eight floor accuracy. Her inside move with 43 seconds
left tied the game.
The Greyhounds then put together a 12-0 spurt
to start the second half to move to a 46-34 lead with 16:28
left.
Meredith scored off an offensive rebound then
Gibson converted an inside move and a straightaway three-pointer to
make it 41-34. A conventional three-point play by Meredith
and a layin by Gibson, off a steal, made it a 12-point lead.
Sophomore guard KATY HOWARD
(Medway, MA/Medway) finished with 11 points and senior forward
MOLLY GRIFFITHS (Walpole, MA/Ursuline Academy)
ended with 10 points. She now has 933 career points.
Also playing well in support roles for the
Yellow Jackets were RHEA PASCAL (Pickering,
ONT/Notre Dame) (10 points, seven rebounds) and MARIE LI
SICARD (Montreal, QUE/Dawson College) (10 points).
Assumption is now 5-1 overall with four
straight wins and 4-0 in the conference, while the Yellow Jackets
are 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the conference. Assumption is tied
with Franklin Pierce, Pace and Bentley for the top spot in the
conference standings.
The Greyhounds are next in action SATURDAY when
they host conference rival Le Moyne College at 1:30 p.m.
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