Eastern Connecticut 72, Worcester State 35
Willamantic, CT --- The Eastern Connecticut State University
women’s basketball team scored 16 straight points in the
opening minutes on the way to its eighth straight win, 72-35 over
Worcester State College Wednesday night at Francis E. Geissler
Gymnasium.
It marked the fourth time in the last five games and sixth time
this year that Eastern (9-1) has allowed its opponent 40 or less
points. The home game was the first for Eastern since a 59-26 win
over Mount Holyoke College nearly a month ago. Worcester (4-8) has
dropped its last four decisions to Eastern in losing for the 25th
time in 33 decisions against the Warriors since 1976-77.
Eastern scored 16 straight points over the first six minutes after
Worcester connected on its first shot. After missing their first
two buckets, the Warriors connected on nine in a row to move out to
a 20-4 lead. Senior post player Ashley McFetridge
(Canton, CT) scored six points and grabbed four rebounds in that
early run, with senior guard Nicky Morey
(Columbia, CT) contributing five straight points on a jumper and a
conventional three-point play.
All 14 Eastern players saw action and contributed a point or
rebound. McFetridge led both teams with 18 points and shared
game-high rebounding honors with ten. Sophomore guard
Jessica Moriarty (East Haven, CT) had 14 points,
nine rebounds, three blocked shots and three steals and senior
point guard Christina Amato (Marlboro, MA) nine
points, six rebounds and four steals. Appearing in her first game
at Eastern, sophomore guard Amanda Pierlioni
(Plainville, CT) came off the bench for two points, six rebounds
and two assists in 11 minutes. Pierlioni joined the team Sunday
after three semesters at Division I Bryant University.
Junior forward Bri Flanders (Southampton, MA) matched
McFetridge of Eastern with ten rebounds while sophomore guard
Alexis George (Worcester, MA) topped the Lancers
with eight points.
Eastern visits the No. 20 nationally-ranked University of Southern
Maine Saturday at 1 p.m. in a re-match of last year’s Little
East Conference championship game that was won by Eastern. Eastern,
Southern Maine and Western Connecticut share the top spot in the
conference at 2-0.
Worcester State will open up MASCAC play against MCLA on Saturday at 3 PM at home.
Release Courtsy of Eastern Connecticut Sports Information