Box Score THE BASICS
Score: Wellesley 60, Emerson 52
Records: Emerson Lions (13-10, 4-5 NEWMAC) ; Wellesley Blue (14-6, 6-2 NEWMAC)
Location: Wellesley, Mass.
Date: Saturday, January 18, 2020
The Lead: Junior Ashley Toner (Barnegat, N.J.) produced a team-high 13 points coming off the bench in the Emerson women's basketball team's 60-52 setback at Wellesley on Saturday afternoon.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
EMERSON
Points: Toner (13), Sam Boyle & Rachel Davey (11)
Assists: Quinn Madden (6)
Rebounds: Natalie Clydesdale (9)
Steals: Boyle, Kate Foultz, Clydesdale & Chelsea Gibbons (1)
Blocks: Boyle (1)
WELLESLEY
Points: Emily Kopp & Jinan Chae (15), Caitlin Aguirre (11) & Taylor Hirn (10)
Assists: Aguirre (7)
Rebounds: Alyssa Cho (10)
Steals: Kopp (4)
Blocks: Kopp & Chae (1)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Emerson commanded the opening quarter and banged out a 15-2 run that gave the visitors their largest cushion of the day after Davey nailed a three in the final minute of the first.
- Wellesley answered on its end on its next possession when Chae countered with a bucket as the Blue stalled the Lions on a 13-0 spurt to even the score at 15-all midway through the second.
- The Lions were outscored by 12 within the second quarter and held to a mere 10 points, which allowed the Blue to take the 26-25 going into the half.
- Back-to-back buckets from Boyle at 9:41 and 8:14 pushed Emerson back in front by three at 29-26, yet Wellesley responded with a 6-0 streak to regain the two-point advantage (31-29).
- Within the closing minutes of the fourth, Toner banked two of her three triples to inch Emerson to a two-point deficit to make the score 51-49 at the 2:31 mark.
- Wellesley used the perimeter on back-to-back possessions to seal the victory as Hirn knocked down a pair with the score moved to 57-49.
UP NEXT
- Emerson continues its stay on the road with a NEWMAC slate out at WPI on Wednesday, February 19 at 7:30 p.m.
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