BOX SCORE
The women's basketball team scored the first 15 points to record a 79-56 home victory over Rutgers-Newark in the quarterfinal round of the 2007 ECAC Metro Women's Basketball Championship on Wednesday night in New York City. (Box Score Below)
The third-seeded Bearcats (21-8) advance to the semifinal round on Friday night to travel to play against the second-seeded Rams of Farmingdale State. The Rams defeated Drew University this evening by the score of 74-60.
The Scarlet Raiders of Rutgers-Newark end their 2006-07 season with a 16-11 record.
The Bearcats jumped out to a big lead in the opening four minutes for a 15-0 advantage, but the visitors from Newark fought back to get as close as four points (22-18) with nine minutes left.
The half ended with the Baruch up, 34-27, behind 42 percent shooting and a defense that forced 11 turnovers into 10 points.
The start of the second half began with another big Baruch rally, as they outscored the Scarlet Raiders, 18-4, in the opening five minutes for a 52-31 advantage that helped put the game out of reach.
The Scarlet Raiders, who committed 18 second-half turnovers, struggled to finish the game shooting 35 percent (24-68).
The Bearcats had five players in double-figures with freshman Kaleia Davis ( Bronx , N.Y./Lehman) leading the way with 14 points and nine rebounds.
Seniors Ally Stamatiades (Astoria, N.Y./W.C. Bryant), Racquel Reid (Bronx, N.Y./Washington Irving), and Jody Trapp (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle), who each played one more home game in the ARC Arena, finished with 10 points apiece. Karlee Whipple (Lund, Nev./Lund) added 11 points.
Nerlande Nicolas ( Maplewood , N.J./Columbia) led the visitors from the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) with a team-high 14 points (7-12fg), while Toni Roselli (Garfield, N.J./St. Mary's scored 14 points, via 4-of-9 shooting from three-point range.
The road game at Farmingdale State on Friday night will provide the Bearcats with an opportunity to avenge a previous 83-81 loss to the Rams on November 21, 2006. That victory by Farmingdale State enabled them to earn the higher # 2 seed, and as a result, host the semifinal on Friday night. (Higher Seed Host Games.)
The winner of the Baruch-Farmingdale State semifinal will host the championship game on Saturday at 2:00 pm, against the winner of the 5 Montclair State vs. 8 Richard Stockton semifinal.
Rutgers-Newark vs Baruch Bearcats
2/28/07 7:00 p.m. at New York, N.Y. @ ARC Arena
BARUCH BEARCATS 79, RUTGERS-NEWARK 56
RUTGERS-NEWARK ((16-11))
Nerlande Nicolas 7-12 0-0 14; Toni Roselli 4-10 0-0 12; Stephanie Ross 3-7
0-0 6; Sabrina Sanchez 2-8 1-2 6; Alisha McLean 3-9 0-0 6; Youngor Kehleay
2-7 0-0 5; Eni Fageyinbo 1-3 1-2 3; Olabimpe Fageyinbo 1-4 0-0 2; Trina
Whitehead 1-5 0-0 2; Renee Edwards 0-2 0-0 0; Indhira Cabrera 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 24-68 2-4 56.
BARUCH BEARCATS ((21-8))
Davis, Kaleia 6-10 2-4 14; Whipple, Karlee 4-6 3-6 11; Stamatiades, Ally 5-9
0-0 10; Reid, Racquel 3-6 2-2 10; Trapp, Jody 4-10 0-0 10; Garnett, Myleka
4-9 1-1 9; McClendon, Dominique 4-11 0-0 8; Tyler-Moore, Naesha 3-8 1-4 7;
Howell, Luisa 0-1 0-0 0; Cepeda, Yudelka 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-70 9-17 79.
Rutgers-Newark................ 27 29 - 56
Baruch Bearcats............... 34 45 - 79
3-point goals--Rutgers-Newark 6-23 (Toni Roselli 4-9; Youngor Kehleay 1-6;
Sabrina Sanchez 1-4; Nerlande Nicolas 0-4), Baruch Bearcats 4-10 (Reid,
Racquel 2-2; Trapp, Jody 2-6; Stamatiades, Ally 0-2). Fouled
out--Rutgers-Newark-None, Baruch Bearcats-None. Rebounds--Rutgers-Newark 39
(Alisha McLean 6; Stephanie Ross 6), Baruch Bearcats 48 (Davis, Kaleia 9;
McClendon, Dominique 9). Assists--Rutgers-Newark 14 (Alisha McLean 5),
Baruch Bearcats 17 (McClendon, Dominique 5). Total fouls--Rutgers-Newark 15,
Baruch Bearcats 14. Technical fouls--Rutgers-Newark-None, Baruch
Bearcats-None. A-125
