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WILLIAMSTOWN,
MA. – The Williams women's basketball team (6-1)
won the Williams Holiday Classic in a rout over Worcester State
(4-3), 78-46, in today's championship contest in Chandler
Gymanisum.
The win gives Ephs head coach Pat Manning her
325th win in 20 seasons at Williams College, making her
the all-time winningest basketball coach in school history.
Manning surpassed current Williams AD Harry Sheehy, who
concluded his Hall of Fame career at Williams with 324 wins.
Sophomore Lisa Jaris was named the
tournament's Most Valuable Player, while junior Chessie
Jackson nabbed All-Tournament honors.
“Lisa Jaris had the weekend of her
life,” said Manning. “That is the
best she has played in her two years here.
She worked so hard to
get back after tearing her ACL, and to see all the effort
she's put in translate on the court is fantastic.
Chessie [Jackson] has been solid from Day
1. She has always given us points, but also
plays great defense day in and day out.”
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Williams had control of the game from the
get-go, and avoided the slow start from yesterday's game
versus Emerson in the opening round of the
tournament. Although Worcester State jumped out
to a small 5-0 lead, the Ephs adjusted quickly and built a 24-11
advantage at the mid-way point of the half.
Williams upped the defensive intensity, forcing 11 turnovers.
The Ephs would head into the locker room with
a solid 42-23 advantage. Williams shot 17-of-33
(51.5%) from the floor in the first twenty minutes, and would close
out the game shooting 50.0% from the floor. The
home team was dominant on both sides of the ball.
“I thought that this was an all around
great effort,” continued Manning.
“We were defensively consistent for 2 full halves, and took
care of the ball in transition. Our help defense
was on point, so all the aspects of our team defense came together
today.”
Williams continued to shut down their
opponents in the second half, controlling the pace and flow of the
game as they had done in the first half to close out the game,
78-46. Manning put
five freshmen on the court multiple times in the tournament,
displaying great confidence in her young crew.
“This freshman class is a very talented
class,” said Manning. “They have
depth and play with confidence. We have a solid
group of returning players that shoe them the way, but they are all
excited to be Ephs and they are coming into their own
now. Jen Borderud really grew as a point guard
this weekend, and Jennie
Harding's defense had great intensity.
They have all contributed.”
Jaris finished with 13 points, while Jackson
added 15 points shooting 4-for-4 from behind the
arc. Taylor Shea added 8 points and 9 boards,
while freshman Danny Rainer and Claire Beacher contributed a solid
7 points each off the bench.
Reilly O'Keefe was named to the
All-Tournament team for the Lancers. She
finished the game with a team-high 12 points, and grabbed 6
boards. Kara Rogers chipped in 8
points.
Williams Smith defeated Emerson in the
consolation game of the Williams Holiday Classic,
86-80. Olivia DiNucci was named to the
All-Tournament team for the Lions, while Carrie Stevens took the
honor for Williams Smith.
Williams
Smith takes consolation game in comeback over Emerson, 86-80
WILLIAMSTOWN,
MA. – With an 18-point lead five minutes into the
second half, it appeared that Emerson (2-4) might run away with the
consolation game of the Williams Holiday Classic over Williams
Smith (2-2). The
Herons proved otherwise, storming from behind to take their first
lead of the game since the fourth minute of play with 59 seconds
left remaining in regulation. Williams Smith
iced the game with a solid performance from the charity stripe,
shooting 8-of-10 from the line in the final minutes of
play.
In the first half, Emerson mounted a 10-0 run
midway through the period to build a 12-point
lead. The Lions would maintain a similar size
lead throughout the last ten minutes, but could not push Williams
Smith completely out of contention. Emerson
would head to the locker room leading, 47-33.
The Lions continued to build their lead in the
second half. The
Herons attempted a press, but Emerson handled the defensive
pressure with ease in the opening five minutes of the period and
led by eighteen with 15:31 left in regulation.
Williams Smith slowly began to chip away at
the lead, improving their shooting percentage in the second half
from 36.1% from the floor to 59.4% from the
floor. Emerson shot lights out in the first half
going 18-of-29, but managed to shot only 39.1% from the floor in
the final twenty minutes of play.
The Herons put together a 16-3 run to get
within three of the lead with 8:42 on the clock.
Emerson was able to scratch out a nine-point lead with three
minutes left, but saw it slip away quickly as they began to turn
the ball over. Williams Smith capitalized on
their opponent's mistakes to take the lead and the game,
86-80.
Williams Smith was led by Carrie Stevens who
tallied a double-double with 20 points and 11
rebounds. Stevens was named to the
All-Tournament team. Kristen Kush and Ashlinn Barber were huge
contributors on the night, scoring 17 and 16 points
respectively. Mollie
Danahy chipped in 11 points.
Lauren Zaniboni scored a game-high 23 points
for the Emerson Lions, and grabbed 10 boards for a
double-double. Olivia
DiNucci followed with 22 points, and was named to the
All-Tournament team.
Jackie Williams added 9 points.
