NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Connecticut College women's basketball team cruised to an 82-53 win over Bridgewater State University on Friday evening in a non-conference clash at Luce Field House.
All five starters scored in double figures for Conn, which shot 44 percent from the floor and 15-for-24 from beyond the arc.
Mia Xerras (Charlotte, N.C.) led all scorers with 15 points and shot 4-for-8 from deep.
Addi Hunter (Saint George, Vt.) and
Hayle Thompson (Maynard, Mass.) each chipped in 14 points, and the former finished with seven steals while the latter grabbed nine rebounds and blocked two shots.
Keaton Arangua-Egbert (Arvada, Colo.) posted her first career double-double and registered career highs in points (11), assists (10) and rebounds (7), and Valeria Santiago Dedos (Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico) rounded out the group with 11 points.
The Camels never trailed at any point and outscored the Bears in all four quarters. Conn also racked up 20 assists on 27 field goals and forced 19 turnovers on the defensive end.
In the opening quarter, the Camels jumped out to an 8-2 advantage behind back-to-back threes by Xerras and Santiago Dedos. Later in the stanza, Conn pushed the lead to 19-11 as treys from Arangua-Egbert and Xerras fueled an 8-0 spurt.
Conn's lead hit double digits in the second quarter following another three by Santiago Dedos. The Camels built the margin to as many as 16 in the half and took a 36-23 advantage into the halftime intermission. Conn's starters outscored BSU's to the tune of 34-14 for the half, and Xerras led all scorers with 10 points at the break.
The Camels stayed locked in for the second half and continued to add to the lead. Thompson netted eight points in the third quarter as the margin grew to 17, and an 18-0 run in the fourth quarter yielded the largest advantage of the night at 77-47. Six different players scored for Conn during the stretch, led by five points from
Catie Hurley (Walpole, Mass.).
Emilie von der Linden and Phoebe Carroll each scored 10 points apiece to pace the Bears (1-1 overall).
Conn (2-0 overall) returns to action at Sarah Lawrence College on Saturday, November 14 at 5:30 p.m.
