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2001-2002
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
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Tuesday, November 20, 2001 Fairleigh
Dickinson Defeats Lafayette, 86-78, in Home Opener Hackensack,
NJ – The
Fairleigh Dickinson University women’s basketball team (1-1)
defeated the Lafayette Leopards (0-2) 86-78 in the Knights’ home
opener in the Rothman Center.
The
Leopards opened nine straight points on the Knights until Natallia
Marchanka (Rechitsa, Belarus) got Fairleigh Dickinson on board
with a three-pointer at 17:45. Lafayette managed to open a double-digit lead, 24-14 at 10:19
at which points the Knights has a 12-point streak of their own to
take the first home lead, 26-24 at 5:14.
Fairleigh Dickinson increased its lead, going into the locker
room with a 42-36 margin. The
teams came out swinging after intermission and the Knights could not
increase their lead further before Lafayette took the lead back,
53-52, at 11:18 on Kim Costello’s (Pleasant Valley, NY/Arlington)
only field goal of the half. Five
ties and three lead changes followed, until Marchanka hit her
fifth three-pointer of the evening and gave the Knights the lead for
good at 6:10, 66-63. “We
came through the first half to find a better balance to our scoring
in the second half,” said head coach Sandy Gordon Gaglioti.
“To begin early in the season on a high note is a good
confidence builder for our younger players.” The
Knights scored 44 points in the second half alone, two more than
they scored in their season opening loss at Georgetown.
There has been only one other game in the past four seasons
where Fairleigh Dickinson has scored 86 or more points, a 92-83 win
over Mt. St. Mary’s last season. Marchanka
launched three treys within the first ten minutes of the game for
the Knights, scoring 21 of her game-high 32 in the first session.
Three other Knights scored in double-digits including Nevin
Caple (Baltimore, MD/Baltimore Lutheran) who tallied her first
career double-double with 16 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.
Kay Odenwaelder (Goshen, CT/Holy Cross) scored 12
points while Jennifer Kozlowksi (Linwood, PA/Cardinal O’Hara) had
11. Colleen
Fitzpatrick (Springfield, PA/Acad. of Notre Dame) dominated the post
for Lafayette, scoring a career-high 29 points on 12-of-16 shooting
and adding a career-high tying 11 boards. Costello was the only other Leopard to score in double-digits
with 10 points. *
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