Senior Jennifer Leedham became the 19th player in program history
to reach 1,000 career points with her 19 this afternoon against
Stonehill.
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Je. Leedham nets 1,000th career point in loss for Ravens
Boxscore
EASTON, Mass. (November 22,
2008) - Stonehill College, ranked No. 8 in the USA
Today/ESPN/WBCA Division II preseason poll, shot 51.8-percent from
the field to defeat No. 4-ranked Franklin Pierce, 76-63, in
Northeast-10 Conference women's basketball action at Merkert
Gymnasium this afternoon.
Stonehill sophomore Emily
Rousseau (Biddeford, Maine/Biddeford) led all scorers with
23 points (13 second half) on 6-of-11 shooting from the field,
including 3-for-3 from three-point range, converting 8-of-9
free-throw attempts. She also added four rebounds and four assists.
Junior Kelsey Simonds
(Middleboro, Mass./Cardinal Spellman) and senior
Bethany Tighe (North Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames)
each notched double-doubles for the Skyhawks. Simonds posted 16
points and a game-high 15 rebounds to go with two assists, two
blocked shots and two steals, while Tighe finished with ten points
and ten rebounds.
Senior Jennifer Leedham
(Ellesmere Port, England/Cheshire Academy (Conn.)) posted
a season-high 19 points (11 first half), including the
1,000th of her career, to go with five steals. She made
5-of-16 shots from the field, including 3-for-8 from three-point
range, and converted 6-of-8 free-throws attempts. She made two
free-throws with 4:56 to play in the first half to become the
19th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point
plateau. Her 19 points today give her 1,008 for her career - good
for 18th all-time.
Junior All-American and Great
Britain international Johannah Leedham (Ellesmere Port,
England/Cheshire Academy (Conn.)), the reigning State
Farm/WBCA Division II Player of the Year, led the Ravens
with 21 points (14 second half) as she hit 8-of-22 shots from the
field, including 3-for-10 from three-point range, and converted
2-of-3 three-point attempts. She also finished with a team-best
nine rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots. Senior
Toby Martin (Wayne, Maine/Maranacook Academy)
chipped in with eight points.
Junior All-American Johannah Leedham led the Ravens with 21 points
and nine rebounds.
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Stonehill made 51.8-percent
(29-of-56) of its shots from the field on the day, compared to
32.8% (21-for-64) for Franklin Pierce. The Skyhawks built a
ten-point (37-27) halftime lead with 55.2% (16-29) shooting in the
first half, while the Ravens connected at just 25.8% (8-31).
Stonehill also drained 6-of-8 (75%) three-point attempts, compared
to 9-of-30 (30%) shooting from downtown by Franklin Pierce.
Stonehill also posted a 41-33 advantage in rebounding.
Franklin Pierce jumped out to a
quick 5-0 lead on a Johannah Leedham runner and Vanessa
Power (Mildura, Australia) three-pointer 47-seconds into
the contest, but Stonehill answered with a 10-0 run over the next
three-minutes to regain a lead it would not relinquish the rest of
the day. Jennifer Leedham was fouled shooting a three-pointer and
buried all three free-throws to pull the Ravens within a point
(21-20) with 9:13 left in the half, but Stonehill opened an eight
point lead (30-22) after a Simonds layup with 3:40 left in the
half.
Franklin Pierce was within five
after a Johannah Leedham basket with 1:26 to go in the frame, but
Stonehill scored the final five points of the half on a Tighe layup
and Rousseau three to take a double-digit lead (37-27) into the
lockerroom. Stonehill's lead grew to 15 points (45-30) after a
Tighe layup with 14:17 to play and was 18 (52-34) after an
Amanda Smith (Penacook, N.H./Merrimack Valley)
layup with 10:43 to go.
Franklin Pierce used a 13-3 run
over a 2:19 span to pull within seven points (59-52) after a
Johannah Leedham three with 3:56 to go. Leedham had 11 points
during that stretch, including a pair of three-pointers and a
conventional three-point play, while Jennifer Leedham had the other
basket. Simonds answered with an off-balance three as the shot
clock expired to put Stonehill back up ten (62-52) with 3:22 to go.
The Ravens got within eight twice in the final two minutes, but
could get no closer as the Skyhawks hit 7-of-8 free-throw attempts
down the stretch to seal the victory.
Franklin Pierce (2-1, 1-1 NE-10) is
back in action on Tuesday, when it visits Bentley University
at 5:30 p.m. The Ravens return home on Wednesday, December 3, to
host Le Moyne College at 5:30 p.m. Stonehill (4-0, 2-0 NE-10) hosts
the University of Massachusetts Lowell on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
