GAME INFORMATION: Smith 73, Wellesley 55
RECORDS: Smith (12-4, 5-3); Wellesley (7-7, 3-5)
LOCATION: Wellesley, Mass.
SMITH STARTERS: Guest-Pritchett (F), Marquez (G), Hanley (G), Alakai (F), Castro (G)
WELLESLEY STARTERS: Hanley (F), Ayub (G), You Mak (G), Aguirre (G), Brown (G)

Three Smith College starters scored in double figures, led by a game-high 16 points from sophomore Kennedy Guest-Pritchett (Fairburn, Ga./The Lawrenceville School), as the visiting Pioneers earned a 73-55 New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) victory over Wellesley College basketball on Wednesday evening at Gracia Mangano Martore '73 Court. Smith has now won five straight over the Blue and leads the all-time series 39-27.

SMITH HIGHLIGHTS

• Junior Samantha Alakai (Pukalani, Hawaii/Punahou School) and sophomore Erin Hanley (San Francisco, Calif./St. Ignatius College Prepatory) joined Guest-Pritchett in double figures, with Alakai scoring 15 and Hanley adding 11.
• Guest-Pritchett , Alakai and junior Paige Marquez (San Francisco, Calif./St. Ignatius College Prepatory) all tallied seven boards in the contest.
• Alakai also had a game-high three steals, while Marquez, Hanley and senior Mandy Castro (San Diego, Calif./Poway) each had three assists in the game

WELLESLEY HIGHLIGHTS

• First year Lauren Dines paced the Blue with 12 points in 19 minutes off the bench. Dines finished 4-of-7 from the floor, adding a pair of rebounds and an assist.
• Sophomore Zojajha Ayub dropped in 11 points, while junior  Chelsea Brown chipped in with nine.
• Junior Kayla Jang added six points, four rebounds and five assists for the Blue. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Smith got out to a ten-point opening quarter lead, taking a 12-2 advantage at the midway point of the first, when Hanley knocked down two free throws.
• Two Wellesley triples from Dines, and a Smith bucket from Guest-Pritchett, ran the score to 14-8, but the Blue would get no closer than six in the first ten minutes of the contest, as Smith eventually took a 21-15 edge into the second. 
• The visitors also outscored the Blue 21-15 in the second quarter, doubling their advantage to 42-30 at the half.
• Wellesley got as close as five, when Jang hit a three-pointer with 2:33 left before the half, but a 10-2 Smith run to close the quarter helped the visitors take the double-digit edge at the break.
• Smith would go on to extend their advantage to as many as 22 in the second half, taking a 63-41 lead following a triple from Sydney Koh (Seattle, Wash. /Lakeside) at 8:36 of the fourth en route to the 73-55 final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
The Pioneers knocked down 21.8 percent (7-22) of their attempts from beyond the arc to finish 41 percent from the field and dished out a season-high 17 assists. Smith also held the advantage on the glass, 44-24.

UP NEXT
The Pioneers return to action Saturday at Clark University for a 1:00 p.m. tip-off.