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Date: December 30, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Women's basketball drops first game of season

SALEM, Mass. --

Despite holding Salem State to just 20 points in the first half, the 23rd-ranked Colby College women's basketball team fell for the first time this season with a 55-54 loss to the Vikings in the title game of the Salem State Tournament on Monday.

Tournament MVP Gillian Almeida had 13 points and eight rebounds for Salem State (7-2).

Sarah Walsh had 18 points and Bianca Belcher had 15 points and four assists for Colby (6-1). Wendy Bonner added six points and 11 rebounds for the Mules.

Colby led 25-20 at halftime, but shot just 32 percent from the field in the second half and 34 percent for the game. The Mules hurt their own cause with a 6-for-13 effort from the foul line.

Colby will play host to Southern Maine next Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Salem State 55, Colby 54

COLBY (6-1)

Bianca Belcher 6-17 2-5 15; Sarah Kelly 2-4 0-0 4; Alicia Burrows 1-2 0-0 3; Drea DeAngelo 2-9 0-0 4; Wendy Bonner 3-12 0-2 6; Caitlin Bourque 1-3 0-0 2; Christine O'Donnell 1-4 0-0 2; Sarah Walsh 7-17 4-6 18. TOTALS: 23-68 6-13 54.

SALEM STATE (7-2)

Gillian Almeida 5-17 3-6 13; Sarah McCarthy 0-4 0-0 0; Kara Smolinsky 5-9 0-2 10; Sheila Ferreira 2-5 1-1 5; Edwina Ashe 2-7 2-2 6; Kelli Reardon 4-12 4-4 14; Estrella Kuilan 0-8 1-4 1; Betsy Nichols 3-8 0-0 6. TOTALS: 21-70 11-19 55.

Halftime: Colby 25, Salem State 20. 3-point goals: Colby 2-7 (Belcher 1-1, Burrows 1-2, DeAngelo 0-3, Kelly 0-1), Salem State 2-9 (Reardon 2-6, McCarthy 0-2, Smolinsky 0-1).