Women’s Basketball Falls in MASCAC Quarterfinals 63-47 to MCLA
North Adams, Mass.- The MCLA women's basketball team rode the
inside presence of sophomore forward Jen Wehner (Cooperstown, NY),
who tallied 22 points, 15 boards, and six blocks in a convincing
63-47 MASCAC Quarterfinal victory over visiting Framingham
State. With the win, MCLA improves to 16-9, and
will move on to face top seeded Bridgewater in the semifinals on
Friday. Framingham State finishes the season with a record of
10-13 which is its best finish since the 2002-03 season when the
Rams finished 13-10.
Aside from Wehner, MCLA also received a season-high 13 points off
the bench from sophomore guard Alie Dobrovolc (Little Falls, NY),
while freshman guard Lucy Tremblay (East Greenbush, NY) added
11. Senior Laura Silverman (Ballston Lake, NY) had a game
contributing nine rebounds, five on the offensive end.
The Rams were paced by freshman Kia Minor's (Oak Bluffs, Mass.) 12
points, while senior Toya Chester (Leominster, Mass.) finished with
10.
Both teams came out sluggish in the opening minutes. With
MCLA holding a one point advantage after four minutes of play, the
hosts would use a 14-5 run to take a ten point edge at 17-7 with
5:49 to play. Wehner tallied six points in the spurt.
After the Rams trimmed the advantage to six (20-14) with 1:13 left,
the Trailblazers would score the final five points of the half to
take a 25-14 lead into the locker room.
Out of the locker room, MCLA quickly extended the lead to fourteen
at 31-17 with 18:16 to play. Framingham would have an answer
though, as consecutive three pointers from Minor and junior forward
Jill Johnson (Mansfield, Mass.) would trim the lead to
eight.
Following an MCLA timeout, the Trailblazers would go on a 6-0 run
of their own, pushing the lead back to 14. Once again the
Rams would mount a rally going on a 7-0 spurt, making the score
37-30 with 14:28 on the clock. This is as close as the Rams would
get the remainder of the night.
MCLA would go on a 10-3 run to push the lead back to fourteen with
under ten minutes to play. The lead would grow to as many as
sixteen on separate occasions as Framingham could not get back into
the game.
Both teams struggled throughout to put the ball in the basket as
both struggled from the field. Framingham shot just 30% on
the night, while MCLA could only muster 35% from the floor.
MCLA hurt the Rams off the glass, outrebounding the visitors 53-40,
including 19 on the offensive end.
MCLA, which entered the postseason as the fourth seed, will now
play top seeded Bridgewater Friday night in Bridgewater.
Release courtesy of MCLA Sports Information.