Hartford, Conn. - Junior co-captain guard Claire
Arnstein (Hicksville, N.Y.) scored a game-high 28 points
and pulled down nine rebounds and sophomore center Molly
McGlynn (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.) notched 15 points and a
game-high 14 boards to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 70-49
win over the visiting Clark University Cougars in women's
basketball action this evening at Oosting Gymnasium. Trinity,
off to its best start since the 1999-00 season, improves to 7-0,
while the Cougars drop to 3-3 with their second loss in a
row.
Trinity trailed, 17-12, midway through the first half, McGlynn
scored six unanswered points to give the Bantams an 18-17 lead at
the eight-minute mark. Trinity led, 34-30, with two minutes
left in the first half, after a pair of free throws by Arnstein,
but Clark freshman forward Ivori Aiken (Harlem,
N.Y.) tallied the final four points before the break for a
34-34 tie. Trinity made just one of 10 shots from long range
and half of its 10 free throws in the opening stanza, but 12 points
by Arnstein and 10 by McGlynn carried the Bantam offense.
Clark shot a respectable 42.8 percent from the field and held a
24-21 rebounding edge at the half, but 10 offensive boards helped
the Bantams hoist 42 shots in the half compared to 28 for the
Cougars.
The game remained tied for the first six minutes of the second
half, before the Bantams used a 21-2 run over a seven-minute span
to turn a 42-40 deficit into a 61-44 lead with six minutes left in
the second half. Arnstein scored 11 of her 16 second-half
points during the spurt. Trinity shot 53.6 percent from the
field (15-28) in the second half and the Cougars shot 20.7 percent
(6-29), including 1-for-11 from three-point range after the
break. Trinity also outboarded the visitors, 27-17, in the
second stanza, while both teams shot woefully from the charity
stripe with a combined 21 free throws in 45 attempts in the game.
Trinity freshman guard Michelle Royals (Torrington,
Conn.) came off the bench to join Arnstein and McGlynn in
double figures in scoring with 10 points and added four rebounds,
while junior guard Tess Donie (Worcester, Mass.)
contributed five boards and five assists, and classmate
Christine Card (Waterbury, Conn.) had five assists
and two blocked shots. Senior co-captain Sarah
Roderigue (Oakland, Maine) paced Clark with 14 points and
added four rebounds and three steals, while Aiken notched 12 points
and a team-high seven rebounds, and senior co-captain guard
Sara Hagstrom (Yarmouth, Maine) dished out a
game-high six assists.
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