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57
Winner WPI WPI 8-1, 3-0
50
Smith College SMI 4-3, 1-2
Winner
WPI WPI
8-1, 3-0
57
Final
50
Smith College SMI
4-3, 1-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
WPI WPI 13 12 17 15 57
Smith College SMI 8 11 19 12 50

Game Recap: Basketball |

Basketball Clipped by WPI, 57-50

GAME INFORMATION: Smith 50, WPI 57
RECORDS: Smith (4-3, 1-2 NEWMAC); WPI (8-1, 3-0 NEWMAC)
LOCATION: Northampton, Mass.
SMITH STARTERS: Guest-Pritchett (F), Marquez (G), Hanley (G), Alakai (F), Castro (G)
WPI STARTERS: Biney (G), Nogueira (G), Dunphy (G), Rogers (F), Greenalch (F)

The Smith College basketball team suffered their second-straight New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game of the season as the Engineers of WPI claimed a 57-50 victory Wednesday evening at Ainsworth Gymnasium.

SMITH HIGHLIGHTS
  • Sophomore guard Erin Hanley (San Francisco, Calif./St. Ignatius College Prepatory) recorded a team-high nine points and recorded four rebounds.
  • Senior guard Mandy Castro (San Diego, Calif./Poway) connected on two three-pointers to total seven points to go along with one assist.
  • Junior guard Meghan Holland (Atherton, Calif./Sacred Heart Prepatory) added seven points while sophomore Sydney Koh (Seattle, Wash. /Lakeside) was perfect from behind-the-arc (2-for-2) to finish with six points.

WPI HIGHLIGHTS 
  • The Engineers were led by senior guard Priscilla Dunphy, who tied her career-high with 19 points and added five rebounds, two assists and one steal.
  • Senior forward Sarah Rogers poured in a career-high 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting and grabbed five boards.
  • Senior guard Tess Nogueira hauled in seven rebounds, inlcuding five on the offensive end and finished with a season-high 10 points.
  • The league's second leading scorer was limited to just two points on 1-of-6 shooting.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The two teams traded three-pointers to open the game, as a layup from Maura Buckley gave the visitors their largest lead of the quarter, 13-6, with 1:01 on the clock. A layup from Hanley with under a minute in the first brought the Pioneers within five, 13-8, to finish the opening period.
  • Meghan Holland (Atherton, Calif./Sacred Heart Prepatory)'s three got the Pioneers within four (17-13) at the 7:11 mark but the Engineers would extend the lead to as much as eight multiple times in the quarter. Tavorsia Talley (New Hope, Pa./Solebury School)'s jumper with 2:51on the clock ended the scoring for both teams as the visitors went into the break ahead 25-19.
  • WPI began the second half with back-to-back treys from Dunphy and Rogers for a 12-point lead which was answered by back-to-back buckets from Hanley and Kennedy Guest-Pritchett (Fairburn, Ga./The Lawrenceville School) of the Pioneers.
  • A three-point play from junior guard Samantha Alakai (Pukalani, Hawaii/Punahou School) kept Smith in the game late in the third quarter and Castro added a free throw as the Pioneers trailed 42-38 going into the fourth quarter.
  • The lead for WPI grew to as many as six points but Koh's clutch three-pointer at the 2:36 mark made it a 48-45 game.
  • The Pioneers came to within 48-47 on free throws from Hanley but a trey from Rogers was the nail in the coffin for Smith as the Engineers converted free throws down the stretch for the 57-50 final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
For the game, Smith shot 36.5 percent (19-of-52) from the field, 36.8 percent (7-of-19) from long distance, and 62.5 percent (5-of-8) from the charity stripe. WPI shot 40.7 percent (22-of-54) from the field, and held the advantage on the boards, 40-27.

UP NEXT
Smith hits the road for the first of three non-conference contests 3:00 p.m. Saturday at Westfield State.
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