GAME INFORMATION: Smith 60, Bridgewater State 41
RECORDS: Smith (6-3); Bridgewater St. (3-6)
LOCATION: Bridgewater, Mass.
SMITH STARTERS: Guest-Pritchett (F), Alakai (F), Marquez (G), Hanley (G), Castro (G)
BRIDGEWATER STATE STARTERS: Page (G), DaSilva (G), Lindland (G), DeSantis (F), Johnson (F)

The visiting Smith CoJllege basketball team posted a 60-41 victory over Bridgewater State University in non-conference action on Thursday night at the Tinsley Center.

SMITH HIGHLIGHTS

• Sophomore forward Kennedy Guest-Pritchett (Fairburn, Ga./The Lawrenceville School) recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 17 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.
• Erin Hanley (San Francisco, Calif./St. Ignatius College Prepatory) shot 6-of-12 from the field to finish with 18 points and nine boards.
• Junior guard Meghan Hanley led all players with eight assists to go along with four points, two steals and two rebounds.

BRIDGEWATER ST. HIGHLIGHTS

• Freshman guard Nicole Bostick paced Bridgewater State with nine points on a trio of fourth quarter three-pointers.
• Senior forward Jennie Lindland added eight points on 4 of 6 shooting, 
• Senior guard Stephanie DeSantis chipped in with seven points and four rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• BSU used a 7-0 first quarter run, capped off by a Sara DaSilva three-pointer, to take an early 12-6 lead. 
• The Bears, however, went scoreless for over a five minute stretch allowing the Pioneers to reel off 11 straight points as the visitors jumped ahead, 17-12.
• Later in the second quarter, the BSU pulled to within two, 19-17, following a DaSilva three-pointer and a Kayla Carter layup.
• The Pioneers answered with a 12-0 run, highlighted by four points from Guest-Pritchett and a Sydney Koh (Seattle, Wash. /Lakeside) trifecta, to take a 31-17 advantage.
• Both teams struggled with their scoring in the third quarter as the two teams combined to shoot 5-for-23 in the period and turned the ball over eight times.
• Down 38-28 entering the final quarter, Bostick drained a three-pointer to cut the deficit to 38-31 but a 12-0 run by the Pioneers on the strength of three Guest-Pritchett layups and a Lauren Bondi (Burnaby, BC, Can./Notre Dame Secondary) trey extended the visitors lead to 50-31 with under five minutes left to play. 
• Smith would maintain a double-digit advantage the rest of the way.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
The Pioneers shot 41% (23-56) for the game and connected on 11 of 15 (73%) free throw attempts. The Bears went 15-for-45 (33%) from the floor. Eight of Bridgewater's 15 field goals were three-pointers. Smith dominated the boards outrebounding the Bears by a margin of 46-21 including a decided 17-2 edge on the offensive glass. The Pioneers also held a 34-12 advantage in points in the paint.

UP NEXT
Smith is off until December 30 when they travel to Salve Regina for a 4:00 p.m. game.

(Portions of this recap courtesy to BSU Athletics)