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Date: January 9, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby women's basketball handles Bates

LEWISTON, Maine --

Sarah Walsh (Seton Keough/Catonsville, Md.) and Wendy Bonner (Lexington/Lexington, Mass.) each recorded double-double games in scoring and rebounding as Colby College took a 62-49 over rival Bates College in women's basketball Thursday night.

Walsh had 19 points, 14 rebounds and a pair of blocked shots for Colby (7-2), while Bonner finished with 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting and added 10 rebounds.

The Mules held Bates (6-2) to 31 percent shooting from the field and their lowest scoring total since falling to Amherst (58-46) on January 26, 2001. The Bobcats were 0-for-16 from 3-point range and leading scorer Carla Flaherty had just 14 points (she averages more than 20) and turned the ball over seven times.

Colby point guard Bianca Belcher (Lewiston/Lewiston, Maine) came to her hometown and had 12 points, five steals and three assists. Christine O'Donnell (Salem/Salem, Mass.) had seven points and four steals.

The Mules play at Thomas College this Sunday at 4 p.m.

Colby 62, Bates 49

COLBY (7-2)

Wendy Bonner 6-9 0-2 12; Christine O'Donnell 3-6 1-2 7; Sarah Walsh 6-12 7-11 19; Bianca Belcher 5-16 1-2 12; Drea DeAngelo 1-3 0-0 2; Sarah Kelly 1-3 2-2 4; Alicia Burrows 1-2 0-0 3; Alanna Balboni 0-1 1-2 1; Cassie Green 0-1 0-2 0; Caitlin Bourque 1-7 0-0 2. TOTALS: 24-60 12-23 62.

BATES (6-2)

Lauren Dubois 2-7 0-0 4; Lisa Golobski 0-5 0-0 0; Julia Price 0-2 0-0 0; Heather Taylor 1-6 0-0 2; Carla Flaherty 6-13 2-3 14; Kyla Decato 0-3 3-4 3; Liz Santy 0-1 1-2 1; Laura Nafe 1-4 0-0 2; Marcy Grossman 0-0 3-4 3; Allison deFranco 0-0 0-0 0; Olivia Zurek 4-7 4-6 12; Betsy Hochadel 2-3 1-3 5; Annie Whiting 0-2 0-1 0; Elizabeth Blakely 0-0 1-2 1; Caitlin Vincent 1-2 0-0 2. TOTALS: 17-55 15-25 49.

Halftime: Colby 31, Bates 22. 3-point goals: Colby 2-9 (Burrows 1-2, Belcher 1-4, DeAngelo 0-2, Bourque 0-1), Bates 0-16 (Dubois 0-4, Flaherty 0-4, Golobski 0-2, Decato 0-2, Nafe 0-2, Price 0-1, Hochadel 0-1). Rebounds: Colby 43 (Walsh 14), Bates 45 (Golobski 8). Assists: Colby 11 (Belcher 3), Bates 7 (Price, Taylor 2). Total fouls: Colby 20, Bates 16. Fouled out: none.