Box Score

BOSTON, Mass. - The Nichols College women's basketball team suffered a 68-38 loss at Suffolk University in non-conference action Thursday night.

Sophomore Alexis Wegrzynek (Wilbraham, Mass.) led the Bison with 11 points. Senior Hayley Zophin (Framingham, Mass.) tallied seven points and nine rebounds while classmate Kristina Lindgren (Sturbridge, Mass.) went for five points and eight rebounds.

Senior Jacqueline Vienneau (Salem, N.H.) became the 11th player in Suffolk University Women's Basketball program history to reach 1,000 career point milestone. Vienneau nearly missed a triple-double as she finished the evening with 10 points, seven assists and six rebounds to pace the Rams to their fifth straight victory as they improve to a 7-2 overall mark on the season.

Vienneau entered the contest needing 10 points to reach the plateau and achieved in at the 11:02 mark in the second half with a layup on a fast break.

Junior Jennifer Ruys (Wallingford, Conn.) and Iliana Quadri (Sudbury, Mass.) each scored 13 points on the evening for Suffolk.

Vienneau opened the scoring for the Rams with a three-pointer to give Suffolk a 3-2 lead and they would not trail after that. The senior guard scored five of the Rams first six points as built a 20-point lead with three minutes left in the first half when senior Dominique Demar (Colchester, Conn.) made a layup for a 31-11 lead. The Rams finished the first half with a 33-15 edge.

Suffolk shot 46.7-percent as a team in the second half (14-for-30) as it outscored the Bison, 35-23.

The Rams held a 52-40 edge on the glass led by sophomore Tori Brillaud (North Andover, Mass.) who finished with 15 rebounds in the game.

The loss drops Nichols College to a 2-4 mark on the season. The Bison committed 26 turnovers in the contest which Suffolk translated into 24 points.

Nichols will be back in action on Tuesday evening as it travels to Framingham State University for a 6:00 p.m. non-conference matchup. 

Courtesy Suffolk Sports Information