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NEW LONDON, N.H. – January 15, 2013 – The Colby-Sawyer women's basketball team had four players score double-figures en route to a 71-62 victory over Middlebury, in nonconference action Tuesday evening.
Colby-Sawyer won its eighth straight game to improve to 11-4, while the Panthers fall to 8-7.
The Chargers were led by sophomore
Kelsey Cahill's (Cumberland, R.I.) fifth double-double of the season. She scored a team best 15 points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds. Senior
Sammi Lehr (Cohasset, Mass.) also recorded a double-double of 13 points and 11 boards. She was 6-7 from the floor. Senior
Taylor DeSanty (North Adams, Mass.) added 13 points, while senior
Cailin Bullett (Millbury, Mass.) had 11 points and a game-high eight assists. Sophomore
Kelsey Bragdon (Wells, Maine) chipped in eight points and six rebounds in 13 minutes of action.
Middlebury was led by senior Tracy Borsinger (Chatham, N.J.). She scored a game best 21 points and pulled down a team-high nine caroms. Junior guard Scarlett Kirk (San Francisco, Calif.) added 12 points. Junior Laura Lowry (West Hartford, Conn.) was the third Panther to reach double-figures with 10 points.
The Chargers jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first two minutes of the game and held the visitors scoreless until the 16:11 mark when Borsinger connected on a trey. Colby-Sawyer's biggest lead of nine came at the 13:26 mark after a three-pointer from DeSanty made it 12-3. The Panthers were able to cut the deficit to four points on a couple of occasions, but Colby-Sawyer was able to hold a 26-21 lead at the break. DeSanty led all players with nine first half points. Cahill pulled down eight of her 13 rebounds in the first. Middlebury shot just 22.6% from the floor, but was able to stay close after forcing 13 Colby-Sawyer turnovers.
Colby-Sawyer shot 62.1% in the second half, but Middlebury was able to keep within striking distance thanks to 7-12 on three-point shooting. The Panthers got as close as three points, before the home team stretched the advantage to the largest margin of the game, 71-57 with 1:23 left after a 7-1 spurt.
Middlebury was 9-21 from beyond the arc. Colby-Sawyer held a 41-30 edge on the glass, while the Panthers finished the game with 20 points off of turnovers.
Colby-Sawyer resumes North Atlantic Conference (NAC) play on Saturday with a 1:00 pm tip at New England College. Middlebury will play New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) foe Hamilton on Friday at 8:00 pm.
