Danbury, Conn. - The visiting Trinity College Bantam women's
basketball team shot 61 percent from the field in the second half
on its way to 65-61 come-from-behind victory over the Western
Connecticut State University Colonials in the season opener for
both teams this afternoon at Feldman Arena.
The Bantams connected on 14 of 23 shots over the final 20
minutes and took advantage of the Colonials' cold hands during the
same stretch. Western Connecticut converted only five of
20 shots after intermission in the loss.
Trinity, which trailed from the start and at the break, 37-30,
went on a 16-2 run in the opening 5:55 of the second stanza and
pull ahead, 46-39. Its lead grew to 12 points following a jumper in
the late by freshman guard Kaitlin Ciarleglio (Waterbury,
Conn.) with 2:52 left in the game. The
Colonials made it interesting down the stretch and drew within
three points, 64-61 on a long three pointer from Lee with 32 ticks
remaining.
Tess Donie (Worcester, Mass.) led all scorers
with 16 points for Trinity while Christine Card (Waterbury,
Conn.) and and Ciarleglio each netted 13 points.
Western Connecticut also had three players in double figures with
Heather Lee (Seymour, Conn.) leading the way with
15 markers. Stacey Roberts (Windham, Conn.) and
Katie Moffo (Southington, Conn.) contributed 14
and 11 points, respectively.
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