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Women’s Basketball Wins Third-Straight With 51-33 Victory At Towson
Tribe Breaks School Record For Fewest Points Allowed In A Game
01/28/06 1:36AM
TOWSON, MD - William and Mary senior guard Lizzie Schiel (Wayne, PA) led the Tribe with 10 points on 3-4 shooting from the field and the Tribe yielded just 33 points, breaking the school record for fewest points allowed in a game as they won its third-straight game with a 51-33 triumph over Towson University tonight at the Towson Center. The Tribe improves to 9-8, 5-3 in the CAA, while the Tigers fall to 7-10 and 2-6 in the CAA.
Schiel led the way with 10 points and seven rebounds while sophomore forward Devin James (Pipersville, PA) posted nine points, seven rebounds and four assists. Conference scoring and rebounding leader Kyra Kaylor (Pittsburgh, PA) finished with eight points and six rebounds in 26 minutes.
The Tribe, which led wire-to-wire, pulled out to an early 10-4 lead on a lay-in by freshman guard Dani Kell (Lutherville, MD), who was playing in front of a supportive hometown crowd, and maintained a six-point lead for most of the half. The Tigers clawed back pulling within 16-13 after Kacy O’Brien converted a free throw after a being fouled on a lay-up that dropped in at 6:09. William & Mary, however, went on a 12-0 run to close the half and took a 28-13 lead into the break. Towson’s 13 points were the fewest tallied in a half all season.
The Tribe continued to roll coming out the break going on a 6-0 run to stake a 37-13 lead. A free throw by Tierra Jackson at the 14:54 mark snapped a 10-and-a half-minute scoring drought by the Tigers. Seconds later, Kelly Robinson found LaShay Rose at the top of the arc who nailed a three-pointer for the Tigers first field goal in more than 11 minutes of play, stretching back to the first half to make the score 37-17. The Tribe was too much for the Tigers, as William and Mary extended its lead to 47-22, its largest of the night, at the 4:52 mark on a pair of free throws by freshman center Katie Tausanovitch (Hanover, NH), who finished with six points and a career-high six rebounds in 14 minutes.
Tonight’s loss marked the Tigers’ lowest scoring output since Jan.15, 2004 when they scored just 34 against Old Dominion. The 33 points allowed by the Tribe broke the record of 35, which was also set by Towson on February 6, 2003, a 66-35 Tribe win at the Towson Center.
The third-straight win marks the first time since the 1998-99 season that the Tribe claimed three in a row from CAA opponents. That year, the College closed out the regular season on a three-game winning streak, posting wins over George Mason, Virginia Commonwealth and UNC Wilmington.
W&M is back in action Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. when it travels to Harrisonburg for a matchup against James Madison.
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