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Date: December 29, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Women's basketball tops Elmira in Salem State Tournament

SALEM, Mass. --

The 23rd-ranked Colby College women's basketball team showed no signs of slowing down after a long holiday break with an 82-62 victory over Elmira College in the opening round of the Salem State Tournament on Sunday.

The Mules (6-0) will play the Salem State/Pitt-Bradford winner in the championship game Monday at 5 p.m.

Senior center Sarah Walsh (Seton Keough/Catonsville, Md.) led Colby with 18 points, 14 rebounds, six assists and three steals. Senior forward Christine O'Donnell (Salem/Salem, Mass.) came back to her hometown and added 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting, six rebounds, five steals and three assists.

The Mules led just 34-26 at halftime, but scored 48 points in the second half to turn the game into a rout. Colby shot 48 percent from the field and had a 50-23 advantage on the boards.

Sophomore forward Wendy Bonner (Lexington/Lexington, Mass.) also had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds for Colby. Senior point guard Bianca Belcher (Lewiston/Lewiston, Maine) finished with 13 points and senior guard Drea DeAngelo (Sycamore/Cincinnati, Ohio) had seven points and four boards.

Elmira, from the Empire 8 Conference in New York, got 13 points each from Angela Vanier and Samantha Bedford.

Colby 82, Elmira 62

ELMIRA (1-4)

Meredith Hurley 0-0 0-0 0; Jennifer Parker 5-12 0-1 10; Samantha Bedford 5-5 0-0 13; Katie Harrington 1-1 1-3 3; Kara Ouellette 1-5 3-4 6; Krista Brunskill 1-2 0-0 2; Sarah Nicholson 3-8 2-3 8; Stacey Marcotte 0-1 0-2 0; Emily Mastaler 3-6 0-0 7; Laura Aberhart 0-3 0-0 0; Angela Vanier 4-5 4-4 13. TOTALS: 23-48 10-17 62.

COLBY (6-0)

Bianca Belcher 5-14 2-5 13; Drea DeAngelo 3-6 0-0 7; Wendy Bonner 5-12 3-4 13; Christine O'Donnell 7-10 4-7 18; Sarah Walsh 5-8 8-14 18; Sarah Kelly 0-1 1-2 1; Alicia Burrows 1-2 1-2 3; Alanna Balboni 1-2 1-1 3; Cassie Green 0-0 0-0 0; Caitlin Bourque 3-8 0-0 6. TOTALS: 30-63 20-35 82.

Halftime: Colby 34, Elmira 25. 3-point goals: Elmira 6-13 (Bedford 3-4, Mastaler 1-1, Vanier 1-1, Ouellette 1-2, Nicholson 0-1, Aberhart 0-2, Parker 0-2), Colby 2-6 (DeAngelo 1-2, Belcher 1-3, Burrows 0-1). Rebounds: Elmira 23 (Parker 5), Colby 50 (Walsh 14). Assists: Elmira 16 (Ouellette 4), Colby 13 (Walsh 6). Total fouls: Elmira 23, Colby 18. Fouled out: Bonner.