Box Score NEW HAVEN, Conn--Tara Gabelman (Irvington, N.Y.) exploded with 27 points and 22 rebounds, reaching a career milestone with the scoring of her 1000th point as Connecticut College rolled to its third straight win with an 87-71 victory against Albertus Magnus College in the Elm City of New Haven Saturday.
It was the 30th career double-double for Gabelman. She was 11-for-17 from the field and a perfect 5-for-5 from the charity stripe. Gabelman has tallied 1007 points and 683 rebounds in her prolific playing career.
"While we are happy with the win, we're disappointed that we did not execute our defensive game plan to our standards," Connecticut College Head Women's Basketball Coach Brian Wilson said. "Albertus Magnus ran their offense well and made some tough shots but we did not do what we wanted to do on the defensive end. We had contributions from the entire roster today, especially on the offensive end of the floor. We received a really nice lift from Kate Cole shooting the ball from the arc and Jenna Lovett's rebounding and scoring was huge in the first half. We are so happy for Tara. She joined an exclusive club with her 1,000th point, something only twelve other women have done here at the College. She had an absolute monster game this afternoon and we needed every one of her 27 points and 22 rebounds to secure this victory. We are proud of Tara and thrilled to celebrate this accomplishment with her."
Lianna Carrero (Hamden, Conn.) led the Falcons with 32 points.
The loss moves the Falcons to 3-8 on the year, while the Camels improve to 7-5 overall.
Carrero finished the contest 11-of-25 from the floor in 36 minutes of work. She now has 1,547 career points as she is 29 points away from tying the Albertus Magnus women's basketball all-time scoring record of 1,576 points held by Albertus Hall of Famer Natalia Perlaza '05. Carrero is also 10 points away from the second-most all-time tally of 1,557 held by Liz Lacroix '95.
The Falcons opened the contest with an 8-3 run before the Camels bounced back to tie the score at eight. After the Falcons took a 21-20 lead on a Carrero jumper, the Camels used a run to take a 30-23 lead.
Connecticut Colleges largest lead of the of the contest came in the first half with 37 seconds on the clock as they held a 16-point advantage going into the halftime break.
At the half, Carrero led all scorers with 14, while the Camels held a 31-14 advantage in rebounds.
The Camels were led at the half by eight points and 14 rebounds from Gabelman. Connecticut College shot 46.2% from the field, while the Falcons shot 32.3%.
In the second half, the Falcons battled back and cut the Camels' lead to seven at 58-51 with just over 13 minutes to go before the Camels extended their lead for good.
With around 11 minutes to go in the contest, Gabelman scored her 1,000th career point to become the 13th all-time Conn College women's basketball player to reach that milestone.
Connecticut College finished the game shooting 41% from the floor, while the Falcons shot 41.7%. The Camels hit eight three-point field goals, including five in the first half alone.
Caitlin Cimino tallied 11 points for the Camels as Kate Cole added 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting from behind the arc off the bench.
For Albertus, Annie Raucci (Milford, Conn.) had 16 points, while Annie Sutila (Bridgeport, Conn.) tallied 15 with five made three-pointers.
