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Posted: Feb 01, 2014

Second half dooms MCLA in loss to Bridgewater State

Second half dooms MCLA in loss to Bridgewater State
Box Score

North Adams, MA- The Bridgewater State women's basketball team used an explosive second half to run past the MCLA Trailblazers 73-52 this afternoon in MASCAC action.  With the win, the Bears improve to 11-9 overall and remain atop the league standings at 5-2.  MCLA drops their eighth straight game and sits at 4-15 overall, 0-7 in conference play.

Jenna Williamson led all scorers with 19 points, including 16 over the final twenty minutes.  Elisha Homich added 15 points, while Chanelle Melton (14 points) and Melissa Daigle (10 points) were also in double figures.

MCLA was led by Kaitlyn Chenevert's team best 14 points.  Kayla Hotaling ended the night a rebound shy of a double double with 10 points and 9 rebounds.

Bridgewater trailed by two points at halftime and with 12:36 remaining MCLA led 38-37.  From there the Bears held MCLA without a field goal for nine minutes.  The drought allowed the Bears to go on a 28-3 run which gave BSU a commanding 65-41 lead with just 3:50 left to play.  Williamson keyed the spurt with 10 points.

The Bears were hot from beyond the arc during the decisive run knocking down four three pointers.  BSU shot a solid 54% from the floor in the closing half.  As the Bears were heating up, MCLA couldn't find an answer.  The Trailblazers went 0-11 during that spurt and committed 7 turnovers.

The opening half saw MCLA jump out to a quick 9-2 advantage before the Bears used an 11-2 spurt to grab their first lead of the day at 13-11.  The Trailblazers responded in a hurry scoring the next six points to jump back in front at 17-13.  The rest of the half saw neither team lead by more than four points, and with 1:48 until halftime the Bears led 25-21.  MCLA's Mariah Brown would then score her team's final seven points of the half to give the Trailblazers a 28-26 lead heading into the locker room.

Williamson canned three triples on the afternoon and dished out three assists.  Homich had a solid floor game adding 6 rebounds and 4 assists.  Melton came up just shy of a double double notching 9 rebounds in the win.

MCLA committed 27 turnovers in the loss. 

The Trailblazers are back home Tuesday night when they face Worcester State at 5:30pm.