Women's Basketball Drops NEC Road Opener At New Haven
Farrell scores 17 and pulls down season-high seven rebounds
The Central Connecticut women's basketball team dropped its NEC road opener, 70-51, at New Haven Sunday afternoon.
Jessica Farrell scored a team-best 17 points, including three three-pointers to lead the offense, while Lucia Noin added a dozen points. Kayla Henry and Farrell both collected seven boards in the contest.
GAME INFORMATION | BOX SCORE
Score: UNH 70, CCSU 51
Records: CCSU (0-13; 0-2 NEC), UNH (4-9; 2-0 NEC)
Location: The Hazell Center | New Haven, CT
KEY MOMENTS
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The Chargers scored the first points of the game 1:22 into the game, and Noin answered two possessions later, after a steal on the defensive end to tie the score 2-2 2:01 into the contest. New Haven scored 14 unanswered points as the Blue Devils until Noin broke the streak with a layup in the paint at the 3:03 mark. New Haven expanded the lead to 22-4 with 66 seconds left in the period, before Farrell and Kiyah Lewis cred on the final two possessions to make the tally 22-8 after one period.
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The Blue Devils cut the lead to 10 points twice in the first portion of the second quarter, with a three-pointer from Farrell making it 27-17 with 5:43 to play. The Chargers scored eight straight points and finished the half on a 12-2 run to take a 39-19 halftime advantage.
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After Henry opened the second half scoring with a layup on the team's first possession, the Chargers ran together 11 consecutive points to open a 50-21 advantage and led 61-28 entering the fourth quarter. UNH took a 63-28 lead with 8:55 to play. The Blue Devils outscored the Chargers 23-7 for the remainder of the game, including a 10-0 run in the final four minutes of the contest.
NUMBER TO KNOW
3 – Farrell was a perfect 3-3 from behind the three-point line on Sunday
NOTES
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The Blue Devils hit 8-12 from the field in the fourth quarter, including 2-3 from behind the arc
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Farrell had her second 17+ point scoring game in as many NEC outings, and is averaging 18 ppg in league play
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The seven rebounds for Farrell and Henry were both season-high efforts
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Noin has scored in double digits in four consecutive games, and eight times this season and she added a team-best three steals
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Three Chargers scored in double figures, led by the 22-point effort of Anita Mcdonald-Perry
UP NEXT
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The Blue Devils are on the road on Thursday, playing at Stonehill at 6:00 pm, before returning to Kaiser Hall on January 10th to take on Le Moyne at 1:00 p.m.
