Emerson Women's Basketball Season Ends in ECAC Semi-final

The Emerson College Women's Basketball team dropped a 52-43 decision to eventual champion WPI in the Eastern College Athletic Conference New England Division III Tournament Semi-Finals at Worcester on Saturday. The loss ends the season for the Lions with a 21-9 record, which is the best record in the history of the program.

Emerson took its largest lead of the game at 22-13, but the Engineer defense would not allow a Lion field goal during the last 7:40 of the first half and, in the process, embarked upon an 11-1 run to take a 24-23 advantage into the locker room at intermission.  The strong defensive effort     continued in the second half, as the Engineers held the Lions to 19.4% shooting from the floor after the break.

The Crimson and Gray parlayed 16 Emerson turnovers into 16 points while outscoring the Lions 28-18 in the paint.  The visitors received a boost from its bench, as the Emerson reserves outscored its WPI counterparts by a 18-2 margin.

Dubois canned 8-of-13 shots from the floor en route to registering a game-best 17 points to go along with 11 rebounds.  It marked her ninth double-double of the season and 14th of her career.  Deschene finished with 11 points and 10 boards, marking the fourth time she has reached her career-high in rebounding this season.  Caitlin Macko (Cromwell, CT) and Melissa Kuhn (Stoughton, MA) each added eight points.

Lauren Zaniboni (San Diego, CA) paced Emerson with 12 points and game-bests of 13 rebounds and three blocks.  Lauren Vassallo (Oxford, CT) chipped in with eight points and 11 rebounds while Maude Okrah (Rutland, MA) contributed six points and eight rebounds.