WBB Falls to CCNY
NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Mitchell College women's basketball team
lost to visiting City College of New York on Tuesday night by a
final score of 73-57 at the Yarnall Athletic Center.
Ashley Straughn led four Beavers in double figures with a game-high
21 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the floor. She also pulled down
a team-high 11 rebounds and added two blocks and a steal. Freshman
Kaylee
Cerruto paced the Mariners with a career-high 19 points.
Trailing 14-13 midway through the first half, CCNY (2-5 overall)
vaulted into the lead behind a 10-0 run. The Beavers took their
biggest lead of the stanza at 30-18 with just under five minutes to
play before intermission.
Mitchell (0-5 overall) fought back in the final five minutes,
scoring 12 straight points to tie the game at 30-30 with 1:24 to
go. Cerruto scored seven points during the stretch and tied the
game with a jumper. However, CCNY recovered to score a bucket in
the final seconds of the half to take a 32-30 lead into the locker
room.
The Beavers made a push just five minutes into the second half.
With the score tied at 40-40, CCNY reeled off nine straight points
and never looked back. The Beavers increased the lead to double
digits on a jumper by Tai-Danae Bradley with 7:31 to play and led
by as many as 20 points in the late stages.
Donika Rexhepi finished with 14 points and six assists while Simone
Tharkur added 11 points and five rebounds. Rynae Rasley had 10
points and six rebounds to round of the Beavers' double-figure
scorers.
CCNY shot 46 percent for the game and held a 51-41 advantage on the
glass. Mitchell shot just 31 percent but forced 31 turnovers.
Junior Alix
O'Neil finished with nine points and 11 rebounds, one shy of
her career high. Classmate Brittany Smyth and
senior Jen
Iglesias each had eight points to aid the Mariners.
Mitchell opens conference play on Saturday, December 12 at Southern
Vermont College at 1 p.m.
