Saturday's Women's Basketball Recap

January 19, 2013

Muhlenberg 77, Washington College 69
The Muhlenberg women’s basketball team has become accustomed to snapping streaks against Washington College. When the Mules defeated Washington back in December, they snapped the longest winning streak in Division III basketball. And with a 77-69 victory today, they snapped their own three-game losing streak – Muhlenberg’s longest skid in six years. Leading the Mule effort were sophomore Leanna Tallamy and seniorAlita Zabrecky. Tallamy came off the bench and scored 10 of her 12 points in 11 first-half minutes and also added four offensive boards during that span. Zabrecky finished with a team-high 17 points.

Swarthmore 67, Ursinus 52
Led by a strong second half performance from sophomore Elle Larsen, the first-place Swarthmore College (14-2, 10-1) women's basketball team collected its fifth straight victory by defeating Ursinus College (8-8, 5-6) 57-53 on Saturday afternoon. Down by as much as 11 points, the Bears battled back to a one possession game with four seconds remaining and Lewis Diamond at the line with a chance to make it a one point game. Diamond missed which forced the Bears to draw a foul. The Garnet took advantage of the opportunity and put away two good shots for the victory. Shooting 6-for-7 at the line, Larsen hit two free throws to put the Garnet ahead by four in the final seconds to clinch the victory. Larsen finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds – including 13 points and nine boards in the second half – to collect her second double-double on the season.

McDaniel 60, Franklin & Marshall 57
McDaniel scored seven straight points to overcome a 55-53 deficit with 2:05 to play, rallying for a 60-57 Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball victory over Franklin & Marshall on Saturday. Emma Wingerd (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Hills) netted a career-high 18 points on 6-for-7 shooting from the floor and a perfect 6-for-6 showing from the free-throw line to lead the Green Terror (7-9, 4-8 CC), adding 10 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. Steph Perez(Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin East) added 16 points, including four of her five 3-point attempts.

Gettysburg 47, Haverford 36
Junior Caroline Murphy (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) scored a game-high 18 points as the Gettysburg College women’s basketball team grabbed sole possession of second place in the Centennial Conference with a 47-36 victory over Haverford College inside Bream Gym Saturday afternoon. Gettysburg (11-5, 8-3 CC) won for the seventh time in its last eight games with another stout defensive performance. The Bullets came into the game leading all of Division III in field-goal percentage defense and the team backed it up by holding Haverford (10-5, 7-4 CC) to just 19.4 percent shooting from the floor. The Fords put up 19 more shots than Gettysburg, but hit only 13-of-67, including just 3-of-22 from beyond the arc. Gettysburg has held its last 13 opponents below 30 percent shooting from the field.

Johns Hopkins 70, Dickinson 46
Senior Alex Vassila tallied 14 points and 15 rebounds and Stacy Fairey had 15 points, as the Johns Hopkins women's basketball team cruised by Dickinson, 70-46, in the Cain Center Saturday afternoon. The result marked the Blue Jays fifth consecutive victory - all in Centennial Conference play. Hopkins (9-8, 7-5 CC) broke the game wide open with eight minutes to play when it scored three straight baskets to take a 19-point lead, 56-37. The run started with a beautiful backdoor pass from Vassila to freshman Liz Tomassi for an easy lay-up. Tommasi then scored again after a steal and a coast-to-coast basket.