NEW LONDON, CT. – Just one week after
upsetting the fourteenth ranked team in the nation, the Williams
women's basketball team (5-3, 16-7) fell to Connecticut
College (11-12, 1-7), 75-67.
Despite all five starters shooting in double
figures for the Ephs, a poor defensive outing allowed the Camels to
dominate the inside game. Connecticut College won their first
conference game of the season, having lost their first seven NESCAC
contests.
The game remained close in the early going,
but Williams trailed for the latter half of the first period and
Connecticut College led by as many as seven
points. The Ephs quickly erased a five-point
deficit in the final minute off a three-pointer by Chessie Jackson
and another first half buzzer beater by Mika Peterman.
With the score knotted at thirty-six apiece,
the Ephs seemed poised to take over in the second half and add
another come from behind victory to their
resume.
With 10:51 left in the second half, Williams
had mounted a six-point lead. Merely one minute
later, Connecticut College had tied the score once more at
55-55. The Ephs saw their final lead of the
night slip away with 4:20 on the clock, and the Camels took over in
the final five minutes and grabbed their largest lead of the night
at eight to end the game, 75-67.
“We [Williams] went from having our best
defensive effort of the season to our worst in one week's
time,” said Williams head coach Pat
Manning. “There was no defensive execution
in the paint, and Connecticut College did whatever they wanted
inside and that hurt us. We played with the same
inconsistency that caused our loss to Bates last weekend.”
The Camels' Cindy Roseen recorded a
double-double with 19 points and 14 rebounds.
Lindsay Michel followed with 13 points, while Katy Serafin added 18
points and 7 boards.
Although the shooting percentages by each
squad were comparable, Williams shot a mere 14.3% from behind the
arc. The three-pointer is a shot that the Ephs
have relied on all season for momentum, and a 2-of-14 effort
certainly hurt their shots to leave tonight with a win.
Peterman and Taylor Shea paced the Ephs with
14 points each. Shea continues her hot streak,
notching her third straight double-double with 12
boards. Jackson and Niki Savageau added 12
points apiece, while Dominique de la Torre contributed 10
points.
Williams will play their final regular season
game at Wesleyan. Game time is set for 3:00
p.m.
