WILMINGTON DEFEATS CALDWELL IN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, 83-72
2-7-05
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 CALDWELL,
N.J. - The Caldwell College women's basketball team dropped a Central Atlantic
Collegiate Conference game to Wilmington College, 83-72 Monday evening at the
George R. Newman Center. With the loss, the Cougars fell to 7-13 overall and
6-9 in the conference, while the Wildcats improved to 10-10 on the season and
tied Caldwell for seventh in the CACC with a 6-9 conference mark.
The first half was a close affair, with eight ties and 10 lead changes.
Back-to-back lay-ups by Kelly Sammons gave the Wildcats a 40-35 lead with 2:46
left in the half. Caldwell answered with three straight baskets, including two
from freshman forward Dana Leary (Bridgewater, NJ/Immaculata),
pictured, to give the Cougars a 41-40 lead with a minute remaining. But
Michelle Whalen sent Wilmington into the locker room with the lead after
hitting a jumper with 39 seconds left. The Wildcats made 62.5 percent
(15-of-24) from the floor in the first half, as Andrea Jones scored 14 points.
Leary tallied 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field to lead Caldwell.
Wilmington broke the game open with a 20-7 run in the first four minutes of
the second half that made it 61-47. The lead would grow to 15 points before
the Cougars made a 19-10 run to reduce the deficit to 71-66 with four minutes
remaining. But the Wildcats locked up the win by out-scoring the Cougars 12-6
down the stretch.
Leary finished with a career-high 21 points to go with six assists and five
rebounds in a losing effort. Freshman forward Melissa Freeman
(Cresskill, NJ/Cresskill) tallied 15 points, seven rebounds and two blocks,
while freshman guard Phylicia Holmes (Roselle, NJ/Roselle) recorded a
double-double with 13 points and 10 boards. Jones led all scorers with 23
points. Katelin Klingert hit five three-pointers en route to 19 points, and
Sammons finished with 15 points for the Wildcats.
Caldwell's next game is on Wednesday, Feb. 9, when the Cougars host Dominican
College in a CACC contest. Tip-off is set for 6:00 p.m. in the Newman Center.
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