Hartford, Conn. - Senior center Katie Tausanovitch ( Lyme, N.H.) scored 14 points, grabbed four rebounds, and blocked three shots to lead the visiting Tufts University Jumbos to a 62-46 win over the Trinity College Bantams in women's basketball action this evening at Oosting Gymnasium.  Trinity falls to 15-6 with its fourth consecutive loss and its second home loss to Tufts in five days, while the Jumbos, ranked No. 16 in the nation, improve to 18-3.  Tufts won at Trinity, 64-42, last Friday.

Trinity held a 6-2 lead in the first two minutes, before the Jumbos rattled off 16 unanswered points to go ahead, 18-6, with just under 12 minutes on the clock.  Tufts cruised to a 34-17 lead at the break, as sophomore guard Lindsay Weiner (Rockville, Md.) and freshman forward Rachel Figaro (Windham, N.H.) provided a spark with nine and eight points off the bench, respectively.  The Jumbos, which held the Bantams to six field goals in 26 attempts in the first stanza (23.1 percent), maintained a double-digit advantage for the entire second half.

Trinity junior forward Christine Card (Waterbury, Conn.) had a team-high 14 points and led all rebounders with nine, while freshman guard Michelle Royals (Torrington, Conn.) dished out a team-high four assists.  Junior forward Julia Baily (Farmington, Conn.) and Figaro grabbed seven boards apiece to pace Tufts on the glass, and junior guard Vanessa Miller (Cincinnati, Ohio) collected a game-high six assists and four rebounds.

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