Women’s basketball wins Salem State Tipoff Classic title
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SALEM, Mass. — The Bates College women’s basketball team outfought Salem State College for a 65-60 victory in the championship game of the Salem State Tipoff Classic, behind 23 points from tournament MVP Val Beckwith.
Beckwith (Woburn, Mass.) hit a layup with 4:22 remaining in the game to give the Bobcats the lead back at 54-53, and she scored 6 more points down the stretch to help secure the win. Beckwith netted 16 of her points in the second half. She also grabbed 5 rebounds to go with a team-high 3 assists and 2 steals.
Sophomore guard Maggie DePoy (Chicago, Ill.) scored a career-high 13 points, including 11 in the first half, hitting 3 of 5 shots from behind the three-point arc and earning All-Tournament honors along with Beckwith.
Junior guard Kellie Goodridge (Merrimack, N.H.) added 6 points and a team-high 9 rebounds, and sophomore Christine McCall (Lowell, Mass.) grabbed 6 rebounds.
Danielle Jenkins recorded game highs of 26 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Vikings (1-2), who outrebounded the Bobcats (2-0) by a 51-36 margin but committed 25 turnovers, 15 of them on Bates steals. Katie Bielonko added 12 points and 6 rebounds. Jakoya Wilkins handed out 7 assists for the hosts.
Bates took a 3-0 lead on a three by junior Lauren Yanofsky (Belmont, Mass.), and built the lead as high as 11 (20-9). The Vikings were otherwise able to keep the deficit to single digits, however. After Beckwith hit a pair of free throws to make it 49-42 with 10:04 to play, Salem State embarked on an 11-0 run, with five points from Jenkins, for a 53-49 lead with 7:21 left. Beckwith answered with a three-point play, and less than three minutes later the Bobcats recaptured the lead for good.
Bates will play host to the University of Southern Maine on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., followed by both schools’ men’s teams squaring off at 7:30.
STATS: Bates 65, Salem State 60
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