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Tornwini matched her career-high with 14 points on Sunday.
49
Middlebury MIDWB 7-2,0-0 NESCAC
73
Winner NYU NYU 9-0,0-0 UAA
Middlebury MIDWB
7-2,0-0 NESCAC
49
Final
73
NYU NYU
9-0,0-0 UAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Middlebury MIDWB 13 9 9 18 49
NYU NYU 27 10 19 17 73

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Panthers Put Up Strong Effort Against Defending Champion NYU

The Middlebury women's basketball team battled top-ranked New York University (NYU) before falling 73-49 on Sunday from the Big Apple. 

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The Violets built an early 12-4 advantage capped by a driving layup from Belle Pellecchia with 5:09 remaining in the opening quarter.
  • Middlebury started to find some rhythm, as Gabby Stuart and Keeley Baglio converted baskets to make it 19-10 at the 3:19 mark.
  • NYU closed the stanza on a 7-3 run with five coming from Mary Kate Fahey for a 27-13 score after 10 minutes.
  • Calie Messina got the scoring going for the Panthers with a pull-up jumper from the right elbow to keep the deficit at 14 (29-15) with about a minute and a half expired in the second.
  • NYU answered Messina's bucket with five consecutive points for a 19-point cushion (34-15) at the 6:52 mark. 
  • Augusta Dixon caught fire late in the quarter, scoring seven consecutive points to make the score 36-22 with 1:12 remaining. 
  • Middlebury's defense clamped down on the NYU offense after the earlier 5-0 run, not allowing a single made field goal for nearly seven minutes, but the Violets held a 37-22 advantage heading into the locker room.
  • Kale Tornwini nailed the first bucket 29 ticks into the second half on a putback jumper to push the Panthers within 37-24.
  • NYU found its groove after Tornwini's make, as a Natalie Bruns layup swelled into a 13-2 surge to extend the lead to 24 with 3:46 left.
  • Middlebury responded with a quick 5-0 burst before Pellechia and Bruns combined for six points over the final 1:12 for a 56-31 score after three. 
  • The Panthers had their best quarter in points (15) and field goal percentage (45.5) in the fourth, but the Violets' cushion was too large as they earned the 73-49 triumph.

NOTES

  • Tornwini tied her career high with 14 points alongside seven rebounds. Baglio was the other Panther in double figures (11). 
  • Dixon grabbed a team-best eight rebounds and added nine points. 
  • Middlebury and NYU met for the second time with the other battle coming in 2016

The Panthers head to Massachusetts for the Hampton Inn West Springfield/Naismith Classic, facing host Springfield on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m.

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