Posted: Nov 25, 2014
Chelsea Vujs' Double-Double, Emily Anderson's Career Night Propels 'Bears Past Lasell
Lasell
(2-3)
44
Western New Eng.
(5-1)
51
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Lasell (2-3) | 17 | 27 | 44 |
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Western New Eng. (5-1) | 31 | 20 | 51 |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--Sophomore transfer Emily Anderson came off the bench to score a career-high 16 points to lead all players, and junior Chelsea Vujs recorded her second double-double in a row with 13 points and a personal-record 19 rebounds, as the Western New England University women's basketball team led most of the way to beat visiting Lasell College, 51-44, at the Alumni Healthful Living Center field house on Tuesday. The Lasers drop to 2-3 overall while the Golden Bears have won five-straight to improve to 5-1 on the season.
Sherilyn Small had nine points as no Lasers player scored in double figures. The 44 points represents an opponent season low for the Golden Bears defense.
Save for being down 6-2 after a Katie Stopera three-pointer at the 14:33 mark, Western New England led for most of the evening. Anderson ignited a 9-0 run with a trey of her own and the Golden Bears suddenly led 11-6 just 2 minutes and 26 seconds later.
Stopera drained another three-pointer to tie the score at 11-all with 10:59 on the clock before WNE ended the half on a 20-6 run to lead comfortably 31-17 at the intermission. Sophomore Kathleen Rafanelli had a nice pass from the top of the key down low to Anderson who came off her mark and converted a layup to seemingly spark the decisive rally.
Western New England built as much as a 20-point cushion at 48-28 in the second half before the Lasers managed to cut it to six with under a minute to go.
Vujs' career night on the glass led WNE to a 58-52 rebounding edge. Anderson added eight boards and junior Amanda Lopez had seven offensive rebounds. Stopera led Lasell with eight and Breanna Cashman (8 points) contributed seven.
The Golden Bears took advantage of 11 Lasers turnovers into 20 points to seven for Lasell. Western New England's depth also outperformed the Lasell reserves, 24-8.
Western New England was able to offset a poor shooting night by having its best passing game of the season, getting 15 assists on 19 made field goals. Vujs had four helpers and freshman Dorothy O'Neill (6 points), three.
Western New England will have its Commonwealth Coast Conference opener after the Thanksgiving break at Curry College in Milton on Wednesday, Dec. 3, starting at 5:30 p.m.
Sherilyn Small had nine points as no Lasers player scored in double figures. The 44 points represents an opponent season low for the Golden Bears defense.
Save for being down 6-2 after a Katie Stopera three-pointer at the 14:33 mark, Western New England led for most of the evening. Anderson ignited a 9-0 run with a trey of her own and the Golden Bears suddenly led 11-6 just 2 minutes and 26 seconds later.
Stopera drained another three-pointer to tie the score at 11-all with 10:59 on the clock before WNE ended the half on a 20-6 run to lead comfortably 31-17 at the intermission. Sophomore Kathleen Rafanelli had a nice pass from the top of the key down low to Anderson who came off her mark and converted a layup to seemingly spark the decisive rally.
Western New England built as much as a 20-point cushion at 48-28 in the second half before the Lasers managed to cut it to six with under a minute to go.
Vujs' career night on the glass led WNE to a 58-52 rebounding edge. Anderson added eight boards and junior Amanda Lopez had seven offensive rebounds. Stopera led Lasell with eight and Breanna Cashman (8 points) contributed seven.
The Golden Bears took advantage of 11 Lasers turnovers into 20 points to seven for Lasell. Western New England's depth also outperformed the Lasell reserves, 24-8.
Western New England was able to offset a poor shooting night by having its best passing game of the season, getting 15 assists on 19 made field goals. Vujs had four helpers and freshman Dorothy O'Neill (6 points), three.
Western New England will have its Commonwealth Coast Conference opener after the Thanksgiving break at Curry College in Milton on Wednesday, Dec. 3, starting at 5:30 p.m.
