Bridgewater State 75, Worcester State 59
Bridgewater, MA --– Senior forward Ashley
Coucci (Dartmouth, MA) scored 14 points and grabbed nine
rebounds to lead the Bridgewater State College Bears to a 75-59
victory over Worcester State College in MASCAC women’s
basketball action this evening from the Tinsley Center in
Bridgewater.
BSC improves to 10-6 overall and 3-1 in the MASCAC. The Bears have
won four straight games and five of their last six. Worcester dips
to 5-12 on the season and 1-4 in conference play.
Coucci connected on 6 of 9 field goal attempts and five of her team
high nine boards came off the offensive glass. She also blocked two
shots.
The contest was tight throughout the first half with eight ties.
The final tie came with just under eight minutes remaining in the
opening stanza with the score knotted at 26-26. Sophomore guard
Corey Cuddihy (Scituate, MA) knocked down a pair
of free throws to give BSC a 28-26 lead. The Bears would never
trail again the rest of the way.
BSC took a 37-33 lead into the intermission and opened the second
half by outscoring the Lancers 14-7 over the first five minutes to
jump ahead by 11 points (51-40). Worcester was able to pull to
within six (57-51), but that would be as close as they would get as
Bridgewater responded with a 10-2 run to put the game out of reach.
The Bears got up by as many as 18 points in the second half before
settling for the 75-59 win.
Cuddihy finished with 14 points and four assists to go along with a
season-high eight rebounds. Freshman forward Shelly
DePina (New Bedford, MA) chipped in with 11 points and six
boards, while sophomore forward Carolyn Swanson
(Stoughton, MA) added 10 points and six rebounds.
Bridgewater shot 47% (29-for-62) from the floor and out-rebounded
the Lancers by the narrow margin of 43-41. After grabbing just
three offensive boards in the first half, the Bears pulled down
eight rebounds off the offensive glass in the final stanza.
Freshman guard Kaleigh Charette (Fairhaven, MA)
posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds to lead the
way for the Lancers. Sophomore guard Alexis George
(Worcester, MA) finished with 14 points and eight boards, while
senior guard Erin McCullough (Harvard, MA) added
10 points and four assists.
After shooting 40% from the floor in the first half, Worcester
connected on just 10 of 36 (28%) field goal attempts over the final
20 minutes.
The MASCAC schedule resumes for Bridgewater on Saturday as the
Bears travel to Salem State College to take on the Lady Vikings at
1 PM. Worcester is off until next Tuesday as they play host to
those same Lady Vikings at 6 PM.
Release Courtesy of Bridgewater State Sports Information