Box Score NEW LONDON, Conn.--Tara Gabelman (Irvington, N.Y.) poured in 18 points and grabbed 19 rebounds, reaching a career milestone with her 600th board in the second half to lead the Connecticut College women's basketball team to their third consecutive triumph, an 81-36 victory against crosstown rival Mitchell Sunday afternoon at Luce Field House.
Gabelman was 6-for-9 from the field and a perfect 6-of-6 at the charity stripe. With a career total of 604 rebounds for the Camels, Gabelman moves into a ninth place tie with Erica Gills '93 on the all-time rebounding list. She has posted four consecutive double-doubles for Connecticut College.
The Camels improve their record to 4-2 with the victory while a hard working Mariner squad slips to 0-4 in the early season.
Willa McKinley (Westport, N.Y.) chipped in with 17 points, five assists and four rebounds for the hosts, converting 7-of-12 shots from the field. Carlee Smith (Willimantic, Conn.) added 12 points in the victory. Caitlin Cimino (Falmouth, Maine) added nine points and five rebounds for the winning side.
Mitchell College sophomore guard Savannah Boyle (Attleboro, Mass.) scored 13 points to lead the Mariners. First year guard Jessica Shepard (West Hartford, Conn.) added 12 points, five rebounds and three assists for Mitchell.
Gabelman collected a steal and went end-to-end for an easy field goal in transition to vault the Camels out to a 17-4 advantage with 12:43 remaining in the opening half.
Later on in the half, the Kaitlyn Cresencia (New Providence, N.J.) scored a hoop in the paint with a nice feed coming from Cimino to push the lead to 26-12 with 9:01 to go.
Mitchell did everything it could to hang around. With 7:07 left, Boyle buried a deep three just as the shot clock expired to trim the deficit to 30-17. Caycee Williams (Torrington, Conn.) made it a 30-19 contest when she put one in from the paint with 6:33 left in the half. But the Camels ended the half with a 10-to-2 run to push their lead to 40-21 at the intermission.
Liz Malman (Mendham, N.J.) sparked the Camels on the run with two field goals and an assist.
McKinley opened the second half with a three ball from the left side and followed that up with another basket that extended the Camel advantage to 45-21. Kate Cole (Merrimack, N.H.) chipped in with back-to-back three balls to push the lead to 64-28.
The Camels continued to pull away for the 81-36 victory.
Connecticut College dominated the backboards in the win, holding a 59-to-32 edge on the glass.
