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2001-2002
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
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Saturday, January 12, 2002 Knights
Down St. Francis (NY) 88-78 Hackensack,
NJ -- The Fairleigh Dickinson (8-5, 3-1 NEC) women’s basketball
team and St. Francis (NY) (2-11, 0-4 NEC) each had five players in
double-figure but the Knights built a first-half lead from which the
Terriers could not come back and took their fourth home game with
their highest scoring output this season, 88-78. With
the game tied 8-8 at the 17:02 mark the Knights scored the next five
points to start a 13-6 run that gave them the lead for good. Fairleigh Dickinson kept the Terriers in a double-digit
deficit from that point until 2:07 remained in the game and St.
Francis (NY) scored on five consecutive possessions to give the
Knights a good scare and get within six (84-78) with just over a
minute remaining. The
Terriers missed their last three shots and the Knights’ Nevin
Caple (Baltimore, MD) grabbed each rebound to get three free trips
to the foul line in the last :22 of the game. The
teams combined for eight three-pointers in the first ten minutes of
the game and kept up their hot outside shooting in the first half with
the Knights going 8-of-13 compared to the Terriers’ 6-of-13 in the
first session. The second
half was a different story for the Knights as they went 2-of-10 from
behind the arc and shot just 52.4% (11-of-21) at the free throw line. “Today
we once again had a great balanced effort for an important conference
win,” says FDU head coach Sandy Gordon Gaglioti.
“Teams think that they need to shut Tash [NEC-leading scorer Natallia
Marchanka] down but we have other players that step up.
St. Francis needs to be commended for being a tougher team than
their record reflects. We’re
now looking to keep our home win streak intact when we face LIU on
Monday.” Four
other Knights added double-figures to Caple’s 20 including freshman Kay
Odenwaelder (Goshen, CT) who came off the bench to post a big 14
rebounds with 13 points in just 23 minutes for her third double-double
of the season. Her 14 boards are a career- and game-high in addition to a
Knight team-high this season. Natallia
Marchanka (Rechitsa, Belarus) had 16 points, Meaghan Allan (Millersville, MD) had 14 points (4-of-7 three pointers) and a career-high seven assists,
and Erin Mills
(Wilmington, DE) came in
with 11 points. Colleen
Carbone (Nashua, NH) led St. Francis (NY) with 16 points and three
steals while Kim Weir (Dollard DesOrmeaux, Quebec) scored 13 points
and shared a team-high five rebounds with Caitlin O’Malley
(Doylestown, PA) who added 10 points.
The Terriers iced 19-of-21 (90.5%) from the free throw line and
finished 11-of-21 from downtown (52.4%) The
Knights look to remain undefeated in the Rothman Center as they face
the 2001 NEC Tournament Champion LIU Blackbirds on Monday, January 14th
for a 7:00 p.m. game. *
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