WPI 79, Thomas 60
Box
Score
Waterville, ME --- Maine natives Natasha
Deschene (Presque Isle, ME) and Serena
Dubois (Bangor, ME) combined for 37 points to help lift
visiting WPI to a 79-60 victory over Thomas in non-conference
women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the
Engineers, winners of four of their last five, improve to 5-3 on
the season.
Deschene reached her career-high for the third time this season,
connecting on 6-of-9 shots from the field en route to tossing in a
game-best 19 points. Dubois notched her third double-double
of the season and eighth of career. She ended the game by
equaling her career-high of 18 points (vs Wesley - 12/30/07) to go
along with 10 rebounds. The duo was playing in front of a
large contingent of friends and family as it marked the first time
either had played a collegiate game in the state of Maine.
WPI sported five players who reached double figures in
scoring. Caitlin Macko (Cromwell, CT)
registered 13 points while Kaileen Selen
(Worcester, MA) and Melissa Kuhn (Stoughton, MA)
both drained a pair of 3-pointers while collecting 10 points each
off the bench.
The Engineers used a late 12-1 run in the first half to take a
39-28 advantage into the locker room at the break. The
Crimson and Gray used a 14-6 first half edge in second chance
points to jump ahead then never saw their shrink to single digits
in the second stanza.
Amy Miles (Waldo, ME) paced the Terriers (2-5)
with 12 points while Mallorie Blakney (Fairfield,
ME) chipped in with 10 and Courtney Barrett
(Monmouth, ME) added nine points and a team-best eight
boards. Miles led all players with six assists on the
day.
Both teams are now off until after the Christmas holiday.
The Engineers will host the WPI Invitational on Tuesday, December
30th and Wednesday, December 31st. WPI will take on Maine
Machias in the opening round at 1pm on the 30th with Tufts and
Catholic scheduled to tangle at 3pm. Thomas is back in
action on Thursday, January 8th when they venture to
UNE.
Story contribution by Alyson
Talbot '09
