CALDWELL ENDS LOSING STREAK WITH 76-57 WIN OVER BLOOMFIELD
1-16-08
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 CALDWELL,
N.J. - Freshman guard Kirsty Leedham (Ellesmere Port,
England/Cheshire Acad.) scored a career-high 23 points off the bench to lead
the Caldwell College women's basketball team to a 76-57 triumph over
Bloomfield College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game
Wednesday evening in the George R. Newman Center. The win snaps the Cougars'
four-game losing streak and gives them an overall record of 9-5, including a
3-3 mark in the conference. Bloomfield falls to 7-7, 4-2 CACC.
A pair of threes from Leedham sparked a 16-6 Caldwell run that broke open a
close game and gave the Cougars a 37-23 lead with 2:37 left in the first
half. Leedham was 4-of-5 from three-point range in the first half to help
the Cougars take a 42-30 advantage at the break. Conventional three-point
plays from senior guards Dana Leary (Bridgewater, NJ/Immaculata) and
Khaliqa Davis (Newark, NJ/Bloomfield Tech) sparked an 8-3 run to open
the second half. Caldwell's lead would grow to as many as 27 points as
Bloomfield never came closer than 17 points in the game's final 10 minutes.
The Cougars shot 46.7 percent from the floor while dishing out 21 assists in
the game.
The victory also ended an eight-game losing streak to Bloomfield that
stretched back to the 2003-04 season. Caldwell's last victory over the Lady
Deacons came on Feb. 21, 2004.
Leedham connected on 8-of-12 from the field, including 6-of-8 from
three-point range to eclipse her previous career high of 21 set in a win at
Bloomsburg University in her first collegiate game. Leary finished with 13
points and a team-best seven rebounds, while Davis and junior forward
Janay Perkins (Bronx, NY/Walton) had 12 points apiece. Freshmen
Stephanie Cadet (Elmont, NY/Elmont Memorial) and Abena George
(Elmont, NY/Elmont Memorial) each recorded six assists, with George swiping
three steals. Ashley Crenshaw led Bloomfield with 18 points.
The Cougars continue conference play with a game at undefeated and
11th-ranked Holy Family University on Saturday, Jan. 19. Game time is
scheduled for 1:00 p.m. in Philadelphia, Pa.
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