2008 Woodie Awards
First half run burns Blue Devils
Alyssa Iannotti
Issue date: 2/8/07 Section: Sports
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On Saturday, the women's basketball team hosted Central Connecticut State University where the Lady Pioneers achieved yet another NEC win by defeating the Blue Devils 77-49.
The first half of the game Sacred Heart received 22 points off of turnovers, 18 more points than Central had received off of turnovers. Turnovers were a big part of the first and second half. "We try to work hard on them in practice," said Amanda Pape, senior, Stamford "but its good were turning the ball over now because when crunch time comes we'll know how to control it."
In the opening minutes the score was tied 6-6 but the Lady Pioneers ended up outscoring the Blue Devils 31-4 over a stretch of 12 minutes. The Pioneers took advantage of poor Central shooting and then went on a 20-point scoring streak. Amanda Pape scored half of the Lady Pioneers points in their 20 point rush.
"We ran the ball better during that spurt and Amanda really got us going," said coach Ed Swanson. "Our zone defense also caused a lot of problems for them. Tempo is such a big part of our game and we controlled that today."
The game was out of the Blue Devils grasp by the end of the first half with the Pioneers offense in overdrive, lead by Pape bringing in five more points to carry the Lady Pioneers to a 40-14 lead at the end of the first half.
With 4:08 left in the second half Khalia Cain stole the ball from the Blue Devils and with a pass to Mary Rush and with a lay-up brought the score up to 34-67. The Pioneers kept up their intensity which brought their lead up and ended the game with a win of 49-77. The Pioneers completed the game shooting 52.7% and turned the ball over a season-high 25 times.
Amanda Pape finished the game with nine out of 18 and also had five steals, five rebounds and five assists. Pape's five steals added to her leading steals total, where she now has 83 for the season, she's third in the country and has 338 for her career. Jasmine Walker finished with a perfect six out of six with one block and one assist where as Kaitlin Sowinski finished four out of ten with five blocks and two assists.
Also, Senior Kerri Burke appeared in her 100th career game on Saturday where she joins Amanda Pape with 111 games and Jasmine Walker with 106 games.
"This win was a good bounce back and I'm proud of our aggressiveness. We controlled the defensive glass and when you do that, you're allowed to make mistakes." said head coach Ed Swanson "But, turnovers still are our bugaboo like they've been all season."
The first half of the game Sacred Heart received 22 points off of turnovers, 18 more points than Central had received off of turnovers. Turnovers were a big part of the first and second half. "We try to work hard on them in practice," said Amanda Pape, senior, Stamford "but its good were turning the ball over now because when crunch time comes we'll know how to control it."
In the opening minutes the score was tied 6-6 but the Lady Pioneers ended up outscoring the Blue Devils 31-4 over a stretch of 12 minutes. The Pioneers took advantage of poor Central shooting and then went on a 20-point scoring streak. Amanda Pape scored half of the Lady Pioneers points in their 20 point rush.
"We ran the ball better during that spurt and Amanda really got us going," said coach Ed Swanson. "Our zone defense also caused a lot of problems for them. Tempo is such a big part of our game and we controlled that today."
The game was out of the Blue Devils grasp by the end of the first half with the Pioneers offense in overdrive, lead by Pape bringing in five more points to carry the Lady Pioneers to a 40-14 lead at the end of the first half.
With 4:08 left in the second half Khalia Cain stole the ball from the Blue Devils and with a pass to Mary Rush and with a lay-up brought the score up to 34-67. The Pioneers kept up their intensity which brought their lead up and ended the game with a win of 49-77. The Pioneers completed the game shooting 52.7% and turned the ball over a season-high 25 times.
Amanda Pape finished the game with nine out of 18 and also had five steals, five rebounds and five assists. Pape's five steals added to her leading steals total, where she now has 83 for the season, she's third in the country and has 338 for her career. Jasmine Walker finished with a perfect six out of six with one block and one assist where as Kaitlin Sowinski finished four out of ten with five blocks and two assists.
Also, Senior Kerri Burke appeared in her 100th career game on Saturday where she joins Amanda Pape with 111 games and Jasmine Walker with 106 games.
"This win was a good bounce back and I'm proud of our aggressiveness. We controlled the defensive glass and when you do that, you're allowed to make mistakes." said head coach Ed Swanson "But, turnovers still are our bugaboo like they've been all season."
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