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Date: February 12, 2003
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby women's basketball rips Maine-Machias

WATERVILLE, Maine --

Senior center Sarah Walsh (Catonsville, Md.) had 21 points, 13 rebounds, six assists, three blocked shots and three steals to pace the Colby College women's basketball team to a 91-46 non-conference victory over University of Maine-Machias on Wednesday night at Wadsworth Gymnasium.

Walsh now has 980 career rebounds and needs 20 more to become the first Colby women's basketball player to have 1,000 career points (she has 1,353) and 1,000 career rebounds.

Sophomore forward Wendy Bonner (Lexington, Mass.) added 15 points, nine rebounds and three assists for Colby (17-5). Sarah Kelly (Portsmouth, N.H.) added 14 points and seven steals for the winners. Drea DeAngelo (Cincinnati, Ohio) had 11 points and Christine O'Donnell (Salem, Mass.) finished with 10 points, four assists and three steals. Alanna Balboni (Rye, N.H.) had eight points and six rebounds, Caitlin Bourque (Townsend, Mass.) had six points and seven rebounds, and Bianca Belcher (Lewiston, Maine) finished with eight assists and four steals. Belcher broke her own personal high for assists in a season and now has 99.

Colby had 28 assists and came up with 23 steals. The Mules had 27 offensive rebounds.

Sara Ricker (Perry, Maine) had 15 points and eight rebounds for Machias (14-8). Christina Rich (Glenburn, Maine) added six points and nine boards.

Colby plays its final regular season home game Saturday against sixth-ranked Bowdoin College at 2 p.m.