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2001-2002
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
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December 12, 2001 Fairleigh
Dickinson Storms Past St. John’s, 82-52 Hackensack,
NJ – The Fairleigh Dickinson University (5-3) women’s
basketball team remains undefeated at home this season as they
out-shot and out-rebounded the St. John’s (2-7) Red Storm for a
30-point, 82-52 victory.
The win over a BIG EAST school marks the first time for the
Knights since a 71-70 victory over Seton Hall in the 1991-92 season. The
Red Storm jumped out to a 9-5 lead with the help of six points from
Rasheedah Brown (Newark, NJ).
The Knights responded by scoring 16 straight points from
15:37 to 10:24, taking the 21-9 lead before going into halftime with
the 38-28 margin. Fairleigh
Dickinson allowed just one field goal for the first seven minutes of
the second half, rattling off a 13-2 streak and not looking back as
they dominated the boards 25 to St. John’s 17 and out-shot them
44.4% to 22.2% in the second half.
On the evening the Knights shot a season-high 83.9% (26-31)
from the free throw line in their third straight home win. “It’s
obviously a great win over a BIG EAST school,” says head coach of
the Knights Sandy Gordon Gaglioti. “We played good team
defense and had a balanced scoring effort. It was a 10-point game at
halftime and our post players gave us something extra in the second
half.
In the first half we relied more on our guards and when you
have an inside-outside game, it’s hard to beat.” Natallia
Marchanka (Rechitsa, Belarus) led all scorers with 28 points,
including a perfect 9-of-9 from the charity stripe.
She added seven assists, six rebounds and four steals in her
38 minutes.
Freshman Kanesha Wright (Somerdale, NJ) tallied her
first collegiate double-double with a career-high 16 points and 10
rebounds, adding four blocks and three assists to her outstanding
performance in the post.
Nevin Caple (Baltimore, MD) had 10 points and almost a
double-double of her own with nine rebounds. St.
John’s was led by Mary Pat Statler’s (New Cumberland, WV) 15
points, including 3-of-8 three-pointers while Rasheedah Brown
finished with 11 points for the Red Storm. The
Knights return to action at the Temple Classic on Sunday, December
30th and Monday, December 31st. They play Ole
Miss on Sunday at 5:30pm and either Temple or UMES on Monday at 12
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