Box Score Mount Holyoke opened with an early 8-3 lead, capped off by a
jumper from Christine Chancy (Bay Harbor Island,
Fla.). The Blue rebounded with a 9-4 run, highlighted by two
buckets from Katie Martore (Great Falls, Va.), to
tie the score at 12-12 midway through the half. The Lyons
inched back to a narrow lead, using back-to-back jumpers from
Kate Shafir (Newton, Mass.) and a layup from
Tricia Chase (Feeding Hills, Mass.), to take a
20-16 advantage with 4:27 remaining. But Wellesley closed the
period with a 6-2 spurt, including two steals and a trey from
Malia Maier (Torrance, Calif.) to send the teams
to the locker room tied at 22-22.
The Lyons opened the second half with a 7-0 run, courtesy of
two-pointers from Shafir and Erin Cain (Quincy,
Mass) and a trey from Chancy. Wellesley answered with a run
of its own, out-scoring the visitors 16-2 over an eight-minute
period, as Kimball drained ten of her second-half points and
Asleigh Sargent (Bedford, N.H.) added
four. Mount Holyoke's Cain cut the lead to 37-33 with a jumper
at the 9:32 mark, but that was as close as the visitors would get,
as Wellesley cruised to a 55-42 win.
Mount Holyoke was led by Chancy's 11 points, while Chase tallied
eight points and 11 rebounds. Both Chancy and Chase each added
three assists. Rounding out the offense for the Lyons, Shafir
picked up nine points and six rebounds, while Cain chipped in eight
points.
Wellesley's Kimball led all scorers with 21 points. Sargent
matched a career-high with 12 points, while Maier filled out the
boxscore with eight points, seven steals, six rebounds and six
assists. Also for the Blue, Martore scored seven points while
KD Stearns (Eustis, FL) grabbed six rebounds.
Mount Holyoke returns to the court on Wednesday, February 3, at
7:00 p.m., when they host hrival Smith College. The Blue will also
take the court on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., when they host the Coast
Guard Academy Bears.