Box Score MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Sophomore guard Hannah Marzo (Shewsbury, Mass.) had 13 points, four assists, and three steals to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a 59-43 victory over the Wesleyan University Cardinals in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) women's basketball action this afternoon at Silloway Gymnasium.  Trinity, ranked No. 17 in the nation, improves to 16-1 overall and stays perfect in the NESCAC at 4-0 with its 13th consecutive victory.  Wesleyan drops to 7-10 overall and 1-3 in the league with its first loss in three games.  Trinity visits No. 11-ranked Babson on Monday at 6 p.m. in its next game.

The first half was tightly-contested throughout with Trinity senior guard Bria Fuller (Springdale, Md.) giving the Bantams a 23-22 lead at intermission with a jumper in the paint at the 1:11 mark of the second quarter.  Trinity opened the third quarter with a 13-0 run, including six points by junior Emma Wax (Pine Brook, N.J.).  Olivia Quinn pulled Wesleyan back within single digits with a short jumper late in the third, making the score, 39-30, but Bantam sophomore guard Indi DelRocco (Branford, Conn.) answered with a three-pointer and Trinity led, 42-30, at the final break.  Marzo scored seven early points for Trinity in the fourth quarter, as the Bantams pulled further ahead for a comfortable victory.

Trinity dominated the glass with a 55-to-37 rebounding advantage, including a team-high 11 boards by rooke forward Samantha Slofkiss (Marlboro, N.J.) and eight apiece by Marzo, Wax, and junior center Reilly Campbell (Wallingford, Conn.). Wax joined Marzo in double figures in scoring for Trinity with 11 points, while Campbell added nine points, five assists, and two blocks, and senior Madison Stevens (Burlington, Conn.) scored eight points off the Trinity bench.  Three Cardinals scored 10 points including Tori DaCosta who also grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds.