Women's Basketball Bounces Back with Big Win over Queens
LOUISVILLE, KY - Bouncing back from consecutive losses, the
Merrimack women's basketball team won a non-conference contest with
Queens College in the consolation round of the Bellarmine
University Holiday Tournament, 87-65.
Winning the last game of the 2009 portion of their schedule, the
Warriors scored a season-high 87 points in a game all nine players
that played for Merrimack scored.
"It was great to see us regroup and end 2009 on a positive
note," Head Coach Helen Williams said following
her Warriors' snapping of a two-game skid. "The holiday break
will be good for us to get some much needed rest for the upcoming
[Northeast-10] Conference schedule."
Leading five Warriors in double figures was freshman
Katie Ganser (Needham, MA) and her team-high 16
points. Sophomore Genn Roy (Granby, MA) also
notched a team-high 16 in the Warriors final game of their 2009
schedule.
Less than five minutes into the game, Ganser put Merrimack up
13-3 to give the Warriors a quick head start. On 49% first
half shooting (17-of-35), Merrimack lead by as much as 19 when
senior captain Casey Miller (Fairbanks, AK) scored
two of her 11 points on a fast break following one of her three
steals with 12 seconds to play in the first half.
In the second half, the Warriors would steadily build their lead
to 26 that was punctuated with a jumper from junior
Chelsea Shea (South Burlington, VT). The
Warriors would turn the ball over 19 times in the game, but winning
the rebounding battle, 53-36, Merrimack out-matched Queens on the
glass and grabbed their third win of the year.
Freshman Kelly Schatzlein (Tolland, CT) also
chipped in 10 points to help Merrimack dominate scoring in the
paint with a 34-16 advantage.
The Warriors resume their Northeast-10 Conference schedule on
Saturday, January 2nd at Saint Anselm for a 1:30pm
tip-off.
