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Date: November 30, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

McCabe leads women's basketball past Rivier

NASHUA, N.H. --- Katie McCabe (Watertown, Conn.) had 22 points on 8-for-14 shooting and added eight rebounds to help the Colby College women's basketball team move to 4-0 with an easy 77-52 win over Rivier College on Wednesday.

The Mules, who led 47-30 at halftime, also got 17 points from first-year player Courtney Williams (Norwood, Mass.). She was 6-for-10 from the field, including a 3-for-5 effort from 3-point range. Regina Wohl (Westbrook, Maine) added 11 points and five rebounds, Kate Emery (Westford, Mass.) added a team-best 10 rebounds to go along with six points, and Kathleen Nicholson (Tuftonboro, N.H.) had eight assists.

Rivier received 19 points from Amanda Knowles and had 17 points and 12 rebounds by Elise Begnoche.

Colby's schedule heats up starting Saturday when the Mules play three teams in eight days that made the NCAA Tournament last year. Colby is at Emmanuel College this Saturday at 1 p.m., plays at third-ranked Southern Maine next Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., and then hosts second-ranked Bowdoin College at 7 p.m. next Saturday. Emmanuel is no longer ranked, but started the season at 13th in the preseason rankings.

COLBY COLLEGE 77, RIVIER COLLEGE 52

COLBY COLLEGE

Katie McCabe 8-14 6-9 22; Courtney Williams 6-10 2-2 17; Regina Wohl 5-11 0-0 11; Tracy Nale 3-9 0-0 6; Kate Emery 2-6 0-0 6; Jackie Grady 2-5 1-2 5; Molly Rice 0-3 4-6 4; Lauren Duval 1-2 0-0 2; Kathleen Nicholson 1-6 0-0 2; Laura Williamson 1-5 0-0 2; Sarah Whitfield 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 29-75 13-19 77.

RIVIER COLLEGE

Amanda Knowles 4-15 8-8 19; Elise Begnoche 6-15 5-9 17; Peggy Dalton 2-6 2-2 6; Kristen Morey 1-1 2-2 4; Jenna Beadle 2-3 0-0 4; Tania Golden 1-3 0-0 2; Casey Dano 0-2 0-0 0; Meaghan Greenwood 0-2 0-0 0; Sheila Joseph 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 16-53 17-21 52.

Colby College................. 47 30 - 77

Rivier College................ 30 22 - 52

3-point goals-Colby College 6-16 (Courtney Williams 3-5; Kate Emery 2-4; Regina Wohl 1-5; Laura Williamson 0-1; Tracy Nale 0-1), Rivier College 3-11 (Amanda Knowles 3-5; Elise Begnoche 0-1; Casey Dano 0-1; Meaghan Greenwood 0-2; Sheila Joseph 0-2). Fouled out--Colby College-None, Rivier College-Elise Begnoche. Rebounds-Colby College 36 (Kate Emery 10), Rivier College 29 (Elise Begnoche 12). Assists-Colby College 16 (Kathleen Nicholson 8), Rivier College 11 (Amanda Knowles 7). Total fouls-Colby College 26, Rivier College 18.