Jewel White logs double-double with 20 points and 10
rebounds
BOXSCORE
RINDGE, N.H. (December 7,
2010) – The No. 10-nationally ranked Franklin Pierce
University women's basketball team got back on the winning
track Tuesday night with a 71-62 win over UMass-Lowell at The
Fieldhouse in Rindge. The Ravens improved to 8-1 overall and 5-1 in
Northeast-10 action, while the River Hawks dipped to 3-5 and 2-3 in
league play.
Junior center Jewel White
(Worcester, Mass.) logged a double-double with 20 points
and 10 rebounds, while also handing out three assists, swiping a
steal and blocking a shot. Sophomore guard Tiffany
Johnson (St. Albans, Vt.) pumped in a career-high tying 16
points, collected a game-high six steals and dished out a trio of
assists.
Freshman guard Brittany
Martelle (Brookfield, Conn.) was the third Raven to log
double-figures in scoring on the evening as she tossed in 14 points
on 5-of-9 shooting from the field. She also had three steals in the
contest.
UMass-Lowell was led in scoring by
Bianca Simmons, who tossed in a game-high 23 points. She also had a
double-double on the night as she pulled down 10 boards. Sarah
Bennett was the other River Hawk to score in double-figures as she
had 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field.
The Ravens shot just 36 percent
(22-of-61) from the floor, while UMass-Lowell was able to convert
on 41 percent (24-of-58) of its attempts. The River Hawks also
owned a 42-35 advantage in rebounding.
However, UMass-Lowell could not
overcome 23 turnovers, which Franklin Pierce turned into 27 points
off of. The Ravens did a much better job of taking care of the
basketball, as they turned it over just 13 times.
The lead changed hands twice in the
first three minutes of the second half, including when Johnson laid
in a basket to put the Ravens up 34-33. Franklin Pierce slowly
continued to add to its lead and went up by six at 43-37 with 14:02
remaining on a pair of free throws from White.
Lowell, though, wouldn't go
away and went on a 10-4 run over a three-and-a-half minute span to
knot the game at 47-all. Krissy Little capped the rally with a
three-point play on a driving layup and foul shot.
The teams exchanged baskets on the
next two possessions, and again, the game was knotted at 49-49 with
10:03 to go.
This time, however, Franklin Pierce
went on a run, which would ultimately put the game out of reach.
Sophomore guard Amanda Saab (Windham, N.H.) laid
in a bucket to spark a 9-0 run and the Ravens would hold a 58-49
advantage with 8:07 left. Johnson added a layup during the rally,
while Martelle turned in a three-point play, and junior forward
Marielle Giroud (Martigny, Switzerland) capped it
with another layup.
The Ravens extended their lead out
to 12 at 65-53 just minutes later as they went on to earn the
victory. Their bench provided a big boost in the second 20 minutes
as the reserves out-scored Lowell's by a count of 14-7.
The lead changed hands four times
in the opening 20 minutes. UMass-Lowell held a 20-19 lead with 5:55
left in the stanza, but the Ravens rebounded by scoring 13 of the
next 15 points to build a 32-22 lead with a little under 90 seconds
to go. Franklin Pierce took a 32-24 lead into the locker room at
halftime.
White had 10 points and six
rebounds in the first half, while Simmons netted 13 for the River
Hawks.
Franklin Pierce returns to action
on Saturday when the Ravens play host to Southern Connecticut State
at 2 p.m. in The Fieldhouse in Rindge.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce women's basketball, please visit the team's page
at athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.) To follow the program even
further, please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube (www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports),
Twitter (www.twitter.com/FPUathletics)
and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceAthletics).
