Bates women top Colby, will host NESCAC championships
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| Sarah Barton ’08 had 11 points and 10 assists for her second double-double of the season. |
LEWISTON, Maine — The top-seeded Bates College women’s basketball used consistent defensive pressure to combat early scoring troubles and beat No. 8 Colby College 65-44 in a NESCAC playoff quarterfinal on Saturday.
The Bobcats (18-7) will host the NESCAC semifinals and finals next Saturday and Sunday, beginning with their semifinal matchup against No. 4 Williams (21-4). No. 2 Bowdoin will face No. 3 Wesleyan in the other semifinal.
Colby ends its season at 10-15.
Both teams struggled in the shooting department in the first half, and though Bates built a 23-12 lead 13 minutes into the game, Colby jumped back into the game with an 11-0 run that tied it up at 23. Katie McCabe and Kate Emery scored four points apiece in the run, and Regina Wohl capped it with a jumper with 1:29 left in the half.
A jumper by Annie Whiting and a runner before the buzzer by Maggie Fitzgerald gave Bates back the lead before the half, and buckets by Whiting and Matia Kostakis after intermission made it an 8-0 run. A 3-pointer by Sarah Barton answered a McCabe foul shot, and the Bobcats pushed the lead to 48-27 before Wohl canned a three to put an end to an 11-minute stretch that saw Bates outscore Colby 25-4.
McCabe scored a game-high 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds for Colby, which shot 29.8 percent from the field for the game. Emery grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds and added seven points.
Meg Coffin led four Bobcats in double figures with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Sarah Barton scored 11 points to go with a game-high 10 assists and two blocked shots. Jackie Powers and Matia Kostakis scored 10 points apiece.
Bates rebounded from shooting 32.4 percent in the first half to shoot at a 47.1 percent clip in the second half. The Bobcats had an important edge in the turnover department, 12 to Colbys’ 20. Rebounding was nearly even, but Bates outperformed Colby on second-chance points 14-6.
BATES 65, COLBY COLLEGE 44
COLBY COLLEGE (10-15)
Katie McCabe 6-11 4-8 16; Regina Wohl 3-7 2-2 9; Kate Emery 2-6 3-3 7; Courtney Williams 1-4 2-4 5; Tanya Rosbash 1-7 0-4 3; Alanna Balboni 1-7 0-0 2; Tracy Nale 0-4 0-0 0; Laura Williamson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 14-47 13-23 44.
BATES (18-7)
Meg Coffin 6-10 2-3 14; Sarah Barton 4-9 0-0 11; Matia Kostakis 5-11 0-0 10; Jackie Powers 4-8 1-1 10; Val Beckwith 3-8 0-0 6; Annie Whiting 2-6 0-0 4; Katy Kerkian-Winton 1-1 0-0 2; Shawn Lanchantin 1-3 0-0 2; Kyla Decato 0-5 2-2 2; Maggie Fitzgerald 1-3 0-0 2; Becca Buckler 1-1 0-0 2; Mary Hart 0-1 0-0 0; Katie Franklin 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 28-71 5-6 65.
Colby College…………….. 23 21 - 44
Bates……………………. 27 38 - 65
3-point goals-Colby College 3-13 (Tanya Rosbash 1-2; Regina Wohl 1-5; Courtney Williams 1-3; Tracy Nale 0-2; Laura Williamson 0-1), Bates 4-22 (Sarah Barton 3-6; Jackie Powers 1-5; Annie Whiting 0-1; Kyla Decato 0-3;
Maggie Fitzgerald 0-1; Mary Hart 0-1; Katie Franklin 0-4; Matia Kostakis 0-1). Fouled out–Colby College-None, Bates-None. Rebounds-Colby College 40 (Kate Emery 12), Bates 41 (Meg Coffin 10). Assists-Colby College 8 (Tanya Rosbash 4), Bates 18 (Sarah Barton 10). Total fouls-Colby College 10, Bates 18. A-611.