Lesley Hands WBB First NECC Loss
NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Mitchell College women's basketball team
suffered its first conference defeat of the season on Tuesday
night, falling 91-64 to Lesley University at the Yarnall Athletic
Center.
Four players finished in double figures for the Lynx, led by a
game-high 21 points from Kaitlyn Wechsler. Senior Jennifer Iglesias
paced the Mariners with a season-high 20 points and shot 6-for-8
from three-point range.
Lesley (3-7 overall, 2-1 NECC) scored the first 12 points of the
contest and never trailed. Hailee Lowe accounted for five points
during the stretch while Wechsler capped the run with a
three-pointer with 17:17 remaining. The Mariners finally got on the
board on a jumper by sophomore Destiney Harris,
but Mitchell (2-6 overall, 2-1 NECC) couldn't get its offense going
in the early stages of the game.
The Lynx led 29-12 with 8:05 to play in the half before the
Mariners clawed back into the game from behind the arc. Freshman Kaylee Cerruto
got things started with a trey to cut the deficit to 14, and
following a Lesley bucket, Iglesias drained three-pointers on three
straight possessions to cut the margin to seven with 5:33 to
go.
Lesley withstood the 12-2 run and outscored Mitchell 15-3 over the
final 5:21 of the stanza. Georgia Saltzman gave the Lynx their
biggest lead with a jumper right before the halftime buzzer, and
the Lesley took a 46-27 advantage into the intermission.
The Mariners never threatened in the second half as Lesley pumped
the lead to as many as 40 points. The Lynx shot 54 percent from the
floor-including 58 percent from long range-and held a 45-34 edge on
the glass. Lowe finished with 18 points and a game-high 10 rebounds
while Jodi Fralick and Cassidy Freed each chipped in with 11 points
and combined to hand out 13 assists.
Mitchell shot just 34 percent from the floor but went 9-of-21 from
long distance. Harris and sophomore Bianca Young joined
Iglesias in double figures with 16 and 13 points, respectively.
Mitchell will next host Daniel Webster College on Saturday, January
16 at the Yarnall Athletic Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Lesley will next play at Newbury College on Saturday at 2 p.m.
