(Courtesy of Western New England Sports Information)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Western New England College women’s basketball team exploded for 51 points in the second half in rolling to a 74-49 victory over visiting Wentworth Institute of Technology in The Commonwealth Coast Conference action Wednesday night (Jan. 23) at the Alumni Healthful Living Center.
Senior guard Jen Dabrowski (Plainville, CT) led the Golden Bears with 17 points with 13 coming in the second half. She also had four rebounds and a career high five blocked shots. Freshman guard Taryn Belowsky (New Haven, CT) added 15 points and eight rebounds while freshman guard Lauren Stock (Rocky Hill, CT) contributed 12 points, four rebounds, and four assists.
It was a close opening half with the teams taking a 23-23 tie into the locker room at intermission and the Leopards took a 30-26 lead in the opening two minutes of the second half before WNEC used runs of 21-3 and 18-5 to take a commanding 65-38 advantage with 6:58 left in the contest.
Sophomore guard Jessie Coffey (Wakefield, RI) led the visitors with 14 points while senior forward Emily Cring (Cicero, NY) had six points and eight rebounds.
Western New England College (8-7, 3-1 TCCC) shot 59.3% in the second half and made 14-of-15 foul shots in the game. The Golden Bears’ defense also forced 25 turnovers. Wentworth (8-7, 1-3 TCCC) had a tough night at the foul line making 4-of-11 charity shots and only 35.1% of its field-goal attempts.
Official Basketball Box Score Wentworth vs Western New England 01/23/08 5:30 p.m. at Springfield, Mass. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Wentworth 8-7, 1-3 TCCC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 21 Sam Vinciguerra..... f 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 4 0 1 0 0 13 23 Jessie Coffey....... f 5-11 2-6 2-4 0 1 1 3 14 0 3 0 1 37 32 Emily Cring......... f 2-13 0-2 2-4 4 4 8 2 6 1 3 3 0 28 12 Michelle Moffo...... g 2-5 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 3 4 6 8 0 2 33 34 Meaghan Gardner..... g 3-9 0-2 0-2 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 19 03 Whitney Alvarez..... 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 05 Angela Tucker....... 2-3 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 17 10 Michelle Fauci...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 15 Kirsten Vallone..... 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 0 0 3 0 1 0 21 24 Meaghan Healey...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 13 25 Margo Ward.......... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 4 TEAM................ 3 4 7 Totals.............. 20-57 5-16 4-11 11 22 33 12 49 11 25 5 3 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 2nd Half: 10-28 35.7% Game: 35.1% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 31.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 36.4% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Western New England 8-7, 3-1 TCCC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 20 Lauren Stock........ f 5-13 2-2 0-0 1 3 4 1 12 4 2 0 2 24 12 Katie Arey.......... g 4-6 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 1 8 3 1 0 2 19 32 Taryn Belowsky...... g 5-9 1-1 4-4 2 6 8 3 15 3 3 1 1 29 33 Jen Dabrowski....... g 4-10 0-0 9-9 0 4 4 0 17 0 3 5 2 34 34 Tiffany DeRosa...... g 2-5 2-3 0-0 0 4 4 2 6 6 2 0 3 30 13 Kristi LaBare....... 3-5 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 1 7 3 0 0 2 15 14 Whitney MacDonald... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21 Kaylyn Smith........ 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 23 Caitlin Powers...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 30 Kailah Al-Darraji... 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 4 4 2 5 4 2 0 0 16 42 Kelly McCormick..... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 10 43 Lindsay Sawyer...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 TEAM................ 1 2 3 Totals.............. 27-59 6-7 14-15 10 30 40 13 74 24 18 6 13 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-32 34.4% 2nd Half: 16-27 59.3% Game: 45.8% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 5-5 100 % Game: 85.7% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 14-15 93.3% Game: 93.3% 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Beth Kuzmeski, Micheal Barkley, Mary Bradbury Technical fouls: Wentworth-None. Western New England-None. Attendance: 168 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Wentworth..................... 23 26 - 49 Western New England........... 23 51 - 74 Points in the paint-WIT 24,WNEC 18. Points off turnovers-WIT 7,WNEC 18. 2nd chance points-WIT 7,WNEC 9. Fast break points-WIT 0,WNEC 0. Bench points-WIT 15,WNEC 16. Score tied-7 times. Lead changed-11 times. Last FG-WIT 2nd-01:04, WNEC 2nd-00:41. Largest lead-WIT by 4 2nd-17:55, WNEC by 27 2nd-07:01.