BOSTON, Mass. – Senior forward Emily Cring (Cicero, N.Y.) and senior guard Whitney Alvarez (Jaffrey, N.H.) made the most of their final appearances in a Leopard uniform as Cring scored 22 points on 11-for-18 shooting to go along with 15 rebounds, while Alvarez added 13 points and five assists as the Wentworth Institute of Technology women’s basketball team closed out the 2007-08 season with an 85-44 win over New England College in a The Commonwealth Coast Conference contest played at Tansey Gymnasium.
A layup of her own missed shot by Cring 29 seconds into the game would give the Leopards a 2-0 lead, a lead they would not relinquish. Leading by nine (24-15) with 8:50 remaining in the half, Wentworth would use a 10-1 run over the next 1:48 to increase its lead to 18 and would lead, 43-20, at the break. Over the course of the first 20:00, the Leopards shot 43.2 percent (19-for-44), including 50 percent from behind the three-point arc and held the Pilgrims to just 24 percent shooting.
Wentworth opened the second half on a 16-1 run and would hold a lead by as much as 45 midway through the second half. For the game, the Leopards held New England College to 30.4 percent from the floor and scored 26 points off of 24 Pilgrim turnovers.
In addition to Cring and Alvarez, freshman forward Kirsten Vallone (Avon, N.Y.) added 13 points of her own (on 6-for-7 shooting), while sophomore guard Meaghan Gardner (Shrewsbury, Mass.) added 12 of her own. New England College was led by junior guard Ashley Hutton (Lebanon, N.H.), who scored 10 points.
Wentworth, under the direction of first-year head coach Amanda Rodgerson snapped a three-game losing streak and ends the season with an 11-14 record (4-9 TCCC). It marks the fifth consecutive season the Leopards have finished with 10 or more wins. New England College dropped its second straight and finishes the season at 8-17 (4-9).
Official Basketball Box Score New England College vs Wentworth 02/23/08 1:00 p.m. at Boston, Mass. (Tansey Gymnasium) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: New England College 8-17, 4-9 TCCC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 13 Lauria Valeika...... f 2-6 0-1 5-6 0 1 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 20 15 Ashley Hutton....... f 4-13 2-7 0-0 0 3 3 0 10 3 3 1 1 36 05 LaShawnda Wilson.... g 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 8 14 Casey McFarland..... g 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 2 24 30 Katie Plankey....... g 2-7 0-3 2-3 1 3 4 2 6 2 5 1 1 28 12 Porsha Cauley....... 2-6 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 5 4 0 3 1 1 17 25 Kendall Wolfson..... 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 6 0 1 0 0 24 32 Katie Griffin....... 2-10 0-0 1-2 4 6 10 1 5 2 2 1 0 22 44 Emily DeSack........ 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 21 TEAM................ 3 2 5 Totals.............. 17-56 2-11 8-11 11 22 33 10 44 10 24 5 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 6-25 24.0% 2nd Half: 11-31 35.5% Game: 30.4% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 18.2% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd Half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 72.7% 2,1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Wentworth 11-14, 4-9 TCCC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 15 Kirsten Vallone..... f 6-7 1-1 0-0 1 5 6 0 13 1 1 0 1 25 32 Emily Cring......... f 11-18 0-0 0-0 8 7 15 1 22 1 1 1 1 26 03 Whitney Alvarez..... g 4-10 3-6 2-2 0 1 1 1 13 5 2 0 2 22 05 Angela Tucker....... g 2-8 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 2 6 4 1 0 0 19 10 Michelle Fauci...... g 1-7 1-4 2-2 2 2 4 1 5 7 1 0 4 20 12 Michelle Moffo...... 3-5 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 3 6 5 2 0 1 24 23 Jessie Coffey....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 24 Meaghan Healey...... 1-10 0-0 0-0 6 3 9 0 2 2 1 0 2 19 25 Margo Ward.......... 3-6 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 6 3 2 0 1 15 34 Meaghan Gardner..... 5-9 2-4 0-0 1 2 3 0 12 1 2 0 0 22 TEAM................ 1 3 4 Totals.............. 36-81 9-21 4-4 22 28 50 10 85 30 13 1 12 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 19-44 43.2% 2nd Half: 17-37 45.9% Game: 44.4% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 42.9% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 4-4 100 % Game: 100 % 0,1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Jay Coughlin, Ryan Nunes, Brian Sullivan Technical fouls: New England College-None. Wentworth-None. Attendance: 200 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total New England College........... 20 24 - 44 Wentworth..................... 43 42 - 85 Points in the paint-NEC 20,WIT 24. Points off turnovers-NEC 5,WIT 26. 2nd chance points-NEC 5,WIT 19. Fast break points-NEC 16,WIT 23. Bench points-NEC 17,WIT 26. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-NEC 2nd-01:28, WIT 2nd-01:43. Largest lead-NEC None, WIT by 45 2nd-09:48.