Women's Basketball Falls at Gordon

WENHAM, Mass. – Despite a low-scoring first half of play, six student-athletes dropped double-figures as the Gordon College Fighting Scots' women's basketball team pulled away from the Wentworth Institute of Technology with a series of late runs to take a 72-49 contest in conference action Saturday afternoon.

The Scots improve to 5-8 on the season (2-4 Conference of New England). The Black & Gold fall to 2-11 (0-6 CNE).

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Scots began the opening frame with a 6-0 run, kickstarted with a layup by Ami Rivera, before a three by Maddy Foster cut the Leopards' deficit in half. Gordon responded with another six straight, pushing their lead to 12-3, before four straight points from Taylor Garabedian dwindled the deficit to 12-7.
• Gordon again responded with a 9-2 run, extending their advantage to 21-9, before a trifecta by Gabby Amoddio marked a 21-12 game. Foster would drain four straight points of her own to help cut the deficit to 21-16 before another two from the Scots marked a 23-16 game after the first quarter.
• In a low-scoring second quarter, Wentworth scored three straight to slice the deficit to just four at 23-19. A layup by Brynn Barnhard pushed Gordon's lead to 25-19 before two free throws for the Leopards marked a 25-21 score. A Garabedian layup dwindled the deficit to just two at 25-23 before a three by Rivera before quarter's end gave the Scots a 28-23 lead.
• The Scots started the third quarter with a 9-0 run, started with a make by Barnhard, to extend their lead to 37-23 before a layup by Foster helped mark a 37-26 game. Free throw makes later helped cut the deficit to 39-31 before another layup by Foster with three seconds left in the frame marked a 41-33 game.
• After Wentworth cut the lead to 41-35 early in the fourth, Gordon went on an 8-0 run, featuring five points from Sophie Peters, to take a 49-35 lead before a Foster layup marked a 49-37 score. The Scots again went on another run, this time 12-3, featuring threes by Barnhard and Naomi Nicholson, to extend their advantage to 61-40. Another Nicholson three later marked a 64-42 lead before the two teams swapped scores in the final going, with Gordon holding on for a 72-49 win.
• Peters led all scorers with 18 points (14 rebounds) while her and Foster (17 points, 11 rebounds) earned dueling double-doubles. Three other Scots finished in double-figures as Garabedian followed Foster for Wentworth with 15 points. Gordon owned a 48-47 edge in rebounds.

SERIES NOTES:

• Today marked the 50^th all-time meeting between the two teams.

NEXT UP:

• The Leopards host Nichols on Wednesday.

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