UMass Dartmouth 74, Worcester State 67
Worcester, MA --- The Worcester State College women's basketball team dropped to, 0-3, on the young season as they fell to the visiting Corsairs of UMass Dartmouth by the final score of, 74-67, Tuesday evening in their 2007-08 home opener. The win is the first for UMass Dartmouth on the year as they improve to 1-2.
The Corsairs jumped out to a, 7-0, lead as Tashuana Ashmeade (Hyannis, MA) scored 6 of the first 7 UMass Dartmouth points. The Lancers hung around cutting the deficit to one point at the 12:13 mark before tying the contest at, 25-25 at 3:34 on a jumper by senior Lindsay DelleChiaie (Leominster, MA). Worcester State trailed by a pair, 30-28, at the break. The Lancers struggled mightily from the field in the first frame shooting just 27.6 % on 8-of-29 shooting. UMass Dartmouth shot just a bit better at 37.5%.
In the second half, after Alexis George (Worcester, MA) scored the first bucket to tie the game at, 30-30, the Corsairs went on another 7-0 run with a pair of baskets by senior Lindsay Marsh (Bristol, CT) and a three pointer by freshman Tara Driscoll (Swampscott, MA) to take a, 37-30, lead at 15:43. The Corsairs lead hovered around the three and four point margin until a three point play by DelleChiaie at 7:31 gave Worcester State their first lead of the contest, 50-49. The lead would be short lived, however, as a trey by Ashley Chard (Burlington, CT) gave the Corsairs the lead back for good as they went on to the 7 point victory.
DelleChiaie paced the Lancers with 22 points and 9 rebounds while George scored a career high 21 points. UMass Dartmouth was led by Ashmeade who had a game-high 24 points. Driscoll and Marsh each reached double figures with 12 and 11, respectively.
Worcester State returns to action after Thanksgiving when they travel to New York University to participate in the NYU holiday tournament. UMass Dartmouth will visit Pine Manor next Tuesday.