Wednesday,
December 5, 2001
Knights
Out Run Centenary (La.), 88-69
Kay Odenwaelder leads Knights
with second double-double of season
Hackensack,
NJ
–
The Fairleigh Dickinson University (4-2) women’s basketball
team broke away mid-way through the first half with an 8-0 run and
never trailed by less than 11 in the second half, defeating the
Centenary Ladies (4-3) 88-69 in the Rothman Center.
The
Centenary Ladies opened on a 9-4 run over the first 4:40 of the game
with points from four different players.
Fairleigh Dickinson sophomore Natallia Marchanka (Rechitsa,
Belarus) scored five straight points to tie the game and the
Knights quickly commanded a lead, using eight straight points from
7:27 to 5:47 to go up 28-19. The
Knights went into halftime with a 37-27 margin and kept their
double-digit lead throughout the second half with a big lead of 24
(61-37) with 12:18 remaining in the game.
The
Knights out-shot the Ladies 53% to 39.2% and out-rebounded their
opponent for just the second time this season, 52-37. FDU's 88
points in the largest scoring output so far this season.
“It
was good to see the younger players step up and do some good
things,” said head coach Sandy Gordon Gaglioti.
Freshman
Kay Odenwaelder (Goshen, Conn.), in just 19 minutes, tallied
career- and game-highs of 20 points and 10 rebounds for her second
double-double of the season. She
added two blocks, two steals, and two assists to her 8-of-12
shooting. Three other Knights, and two other freshmen, had career-high
points including freshman Erin Mills (Wilmington, DE) with
17, senior Lauryn Ruby (Landisville, PA) with 10 and freshman
Kanesha Wright (Somerdale, NJ), who narrowly missed a
double-double of her own, with career-highs of 10 points and nine
rebounds in just 17 minutes. Marchanka was the other Knight to score in
double-digits finishing with 16 points, six assists and three
steals.
Four
Ladies scored in double-digits, three of which had a team-high 13
points. Alexis Pettway
(Rialto, CA), Takeo Gant (Shreveport, LA) and Lori Tanner
(Knoxville, TN) each tallied 13 with Pettway and Van’esha Brabson
(Corryton, TN) tying for a team-high seven boards apiece.
The
Knights return to action at Hartford on Saturday, December 8th
for a 7:00pm game as the latter part of a men’s and women’s
doubleheader. The men
tip-off at 2:00pm.
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