BOSTON, Mass. – Freshman forward Kirsten Vallone (Avon, N.Y.) scored all 18 of her points in the first half to pace four players in double figures as the Wentworth women’s basketball team (8-5, 1-1 The Commonwealth Coast Conference) snapped a three-game losing streak with a 69-49 win over Eastern Nazarene (4-8, 0-2) in a TCCC game played at Tansey Gymnasium.
The Leopards would lead this one wire to wire, outscoring the visitors 15-4 over the first 5:49 as Vallone netted eight points and sophomore forward Jessie Coffey (Wakefield, R.I.) added five of her own. The Crusaders would use an 11-2 run over the next four and a half minutes to trim the lead to two (17-15) on a three-pointer by senior guard Cristina Winchester (West Haven, Conn.). However, Wentworth rolled off the next eight points to build its lead to 25-15.
Despite getting the lead back to six (25-19) with just under four minutes left, Eastern Nazarene, which would be held without a field goal for the final 6:42 of the half, surrendered the final 12 points of the half and the Leopards would lead 37-19 at the break. In the first half, Vallone was 7-for-8 from the floor, while Wentworth shot 47.1 percent and held the Crusaders to 21.9 percent shooting.
An 8-2 run to open the second stanza pushed the lead to 24 and the Leopards didn’t look back, leading by as much as 25 with 9:50 left and would go on to take the 20-point win.
Vallone also added eight rebounds and three assists, while Coffey scored 15 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and had three assists. Freshman Sam Vinciguerra (Somersworth, N.H.) had a career-high 12 points to go along with six rebounds, while senior forward Emily Cring (Cicero, N.Y.) had 11 points, 12 rebounds, and three assists.
For Eastern Nazarene, junior guard Amanda Remmel (Allentown, Pa.) scored a team-high 16 points, while Winchester added 10 of her own.
Official Basketball Box Score Eastern Nazarene vs Wentworth 01/15/08 5:30 pm at Boston, Mass. (Tansey Gymnasium) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Eastern Nazarene 4-8, 0-2 TCCC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 22 Amanda Remmel....... * 6-13 3-9 1-2 1 2 3 0 16 2 1 1 0 30 31 Jessica Schoppee.... * 3-9 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 3 6 0 2 0 1 34 32 Victoria Sontag..... * 3-13 1-2 2-4 1 5 6 2 9 7 9 0 3 36 40 Laura Cline......... * 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 16 44 Amber Burns......... * 3-15 0-0 2-5 5 6 11 3 8 1 1 0 3 32 05 Brittany Bedillion.. 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 12 20 Brook Hale.......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 23 Cristina Winchester. 3-9 2-6 2-2 0 3 3 0 10 3 1 0 2 26 25 Cassandra Auguste... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 TEAM................ 3 1 4 Totals.............. 18-60 6-17 7-14 13 22 35 11 49 14 19 1 10 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-32 21.9% 2nd Half: 11-28 39.3% Game: 30.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 35.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 50.0% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Wentworth 8-5, 1-1 TCCC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 12 Michelle Moffo...... * 1-8 0-2 0-0 2 4 6 4 2 9 1 0 4 35 15 Kirsten Vallone..... * 7-10 1-2 3-5 1 7 8 1 18 3 1 0 1 26 23 Jessie Coffey....... * 7-11 1-2 0-0 6 2 8 1 15 4 3 0 2 30 32 Emily Cring......... * 4-15 0-1 3-3 6 6 12 2 11 3 4 2 0 33 34 Meaghan Gardner..... * 3-8 1-3 0-2 1 2 3 1 7 2 2 1 2 28 03 Whitney Alvarez..... 0-5 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 21 Sam Vinciguerra..... 5-7 0-0 2-2 2 4 6 2 12 1 3 0 1 23 25 Margo Ward.......... 2-6 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 4 1 3 0 0 16 TEAM................ 1 5 6 1 Totals.............. 29-70 3-13 8-12 20 34 54 13 69 23 18 3 10 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-34 47.1% 2nd Half: 13-36 36.1% Game: 41.4% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 23.1% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 5-5 100 % Game: 66.7% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Dennis Kelly, Debra Garcia, Tim Kenneally Technical fouls: Eastern Nazarene-None. Wentworth-None. Attendance: 106 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Eastern Nazarene.............. 19 30 - 49 Wentworth..................... 37 32 - 69 Points in the paint-ENC 8,WIT 32. Points off turnovers-ENC 13,WIT 16. 2nd chance points-ENC 9,WIT 14. Fast break points-ENC 19,WIT 18. Bench points-ENC 10,WIT 16. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-ENC 2nd-02:42, WIT 2nd-01:19. Largest lead-ENC None, WIT by 25 2nd-09:50.