BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – The Connecticut College women's basketball team picked up its third win in four days on Saturday evening, coasting to a 74-54 victory over Sarah Lawrence College in a non-conference tilt at the Campbell Sports Center.
Hayle Thompson (Maynard, Mass.) recorded a double-double of 16 points and 12 rebounds to pace the Camels, who led by as many as 30 in the contest and never trailed. Valeria Santiago Dedos (Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico) added 15 points and four assists while
Mia Xerras (Charlotte, N.C.) chipped in 12 points, four steals and three assists.
The game's only tie came at 2-2 in the opening minutes, and moments later a three-point play by
Keaton Arangua-Egbert (Arvada, Colo.) put the Camels in front for good. Thompson supplied five points in the opening stanza as Conn built a 18-9 advantage by the end of the period.
Sarah Lawrence stayed within striking distance until the final 3:03 of the half, when the Camels reeled off 13 unanswered points heading into the break. Xerras lit the fuse with a three-pointer to push the lead to double digits, and a few possessions later she drained another to make it 16. Santiago Dedos then netted the final four points of the half to put the visitors on top 38-18 at intermission.
The Camels scored the first six points of the second half—getting a layup by Xerras and back-to-back buckets from
Addi Hunter (Saint George, Vt.)—to bump the lead to 26. Later in the third, a three-pointer by Santiago Dedos put Conn up 52-22 with 3:59 left in the quarter.
The Gryphons (1-2 overall) rallied for 24 points in the fourth quarter but failed to make up much ground. Sarah Theriault finished with a game-high 20 points on 9-for-15 shooting while Kenedy Nutter added a double-double of 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Conn committed a season-low eight turnovers and shot over 40 percent as a team for the third-straight game. Arangua-Egbert finished with nine points, nine rebounds and five assists while Hunter contributed nine points and six boards.
Conn (3-0 overall) returns to action at Western Connecticut State University on Tuesday, November 17 at 5:30 p.m.
