WBB Rebounds With 70-56 Win Over Elms
NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Mitchell College women's basketball team
used a 25-3 advantage in points off turnovers to post a 70-56
victory over Elms College on Thursday night at the Yarnall Athletic
Center.
Mitchell's defense forced 24 turnovers and held Elms to 29-percent
shooting for the game. Sophomore Destiney Harris
notched her third straight double-double with 13 points and 10
rebounds while freshman Kaylee Cerruto shot
4-of-6 from long range and finished with a team-high 14 points.
Elms' Carolyn Talmadge led all scorers with 16 points while Annie
Dunnack added seven points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
Both teams entered the contest tied for third place in the NECC
standings with identical 6-3 records. Mitchell improved to 7-9
overall and 7-3 in the conference to take sole possession of third
place. Elms dropped to 7-12 overall and 6-4 in the NECC.
The Mariners never trailed after racing out to an early lead by
scoring the game's first seven points. After the Blazers responded
with a 7-0 run of their own to tie things up with 16:08 remaining
in the half, Mitchell started bombing away from the outside to
spark a 12-3 and pull away for good. Junior Allison Peck capped
the stretch with a pair of three-pointers to put the Mariners up
19-9 with 10:43 to go in the stanza.
Mitchell led by as many as 14 in the half before taking a 34-23
lead into the locker room at the intermission. Talmadge and Dunnack
each had seven points by the break to lead the Blazers, who shot 23
percent from the floor as a team. Peck, Harris and Cerruto paced
Mitchell with six points apiece in the first half.
The Mariners never let the lead dip below nine over the final 20
minutes. Cerruto, who netted a pair of treys in the first half,
added two more in the second to fuel the attack from beyond the
arc. Mitchell tied a season high with nine three-pointers and also
recorded a season-high 20 assists, 10 of which came from senior Jen
Iglesias.
Talmadge, who finished a perfect 9-of-9 from the free throw line,
also pulled down seven rebounds. The Blazers held a 50-39 advantage
on the glass outscored the Mariners 16-3 at the charity stripe.
Katie Condon added 12 points and seven rebounds to round out the
Elms players in double figures.
Joining Cerruto and Harris in double figures for the Mariners was
junior Brittany
Smyth, who netted 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting. Iglesias and
junior Alix
O'Neil each added seven points; Iglesias finished with only one
turnover to her season-high 10 assists while O'Neil contributed
eight rebounds and four steals.
Mitchell will next visit Newbury College on Saturday, February 6 at
noon.