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Keeley Baglio finished with a career-best 18 points.
80
Winner Middlebury MIDWB 7-1,0-0 NESCAC
42
Norwich NOR 5-3,0-0 Great No
Winner
Middlebury MIDWB
7-1,0-0 NESCAC
80
Final
42
Norwich NOR
5-3,0-0 Great No
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Middlebury MIDWB 20 28 18 14 80
Norwich NOR 10 9 12 11 42

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Baglio’s Career Day Pushes Women’s Basketball to 80-42 Triumph Over Norwich

Keeley Baglio tallied a career-high 18 points off the bench, helping the Middlebury women's basketball team to an 80-42 victory Saturday over Norwich in the Ed Hockenbury Classic Championship.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Alexa Mustafaj tallied two baskets to put the Panthers ahead 4-0 before Norwich put together a 6-0 spurt over nearly two minutes for a 6-4 edge with 7:16 remaining in the opening quarter.
  • Middlebury responded as a pull-up jumper from Callie Messina swelled into eight-consecutive points for the visitors to make it a 15-6 contest at the 2:52 mark. 
  • The Panther lead hit double figures on Baglio's third made jumper of the contest for a 20-10 advantage after one. 
  • The cushion grew for Middlebury in the second stanza, tallying 10 of the initial 12 points with four from Kale Tornwini, for a 30-12 score with 6:32 remaining.
  • Norwich trimmed the deficit with a Kiley O'Brien hook shot and pull-up three from the top of the key by Maren McGinn to get within 13 (30-17) at the 5:37 mark.
  • Middlebury kept its foot on the gas pedal with Baglio netting 12 points as part of an 18-2 surge to take a 48-19 edge into the locker room. The Panther defense also held the Cadets to 1-10 shooting over the final 5:37.
  • Messina nailed a left corner three and Augusta Dixon tallied a layup on consecutive possessions for a 34-point cushion (53-19) with 2:17 elapsed in the third quarter.
  • Haley Brewster cut the deficit to 30 (57-27) on a jumper before an Emma Kirck three-pointer sparked a 7-2 run over the final 1:05 for a 66-31 score after three quarters. 
  • Middlebury was never challenged in the fourth and secured the 80-42 triumph.

NOTES

  • Baglio tallied her career-best 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor.
  • With her 17 points, Mustafaj has recorded double digits in 78 of 82 career contests.
  • Middlebury held a 40-8 edge in bench points and scored 26 points off 21 Cadet turnovers.
  • Dixon and Mustafaj were named to the all-tournament squad. 
  • The Panthers and Norwich met for the 61st time. 

Middlebury heads into the winter break before returning to the floor against #1 New York University on Sunday, December 29 at 5:00 p.m. from the Big Apple.

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