| Women's Basketball 11/17/07 | ||
| Stockton 63, Hood 38 | ||
The Stockton women’s basketball team earned its first win of the season with a 63-38 victory over Hood College (MD) in the consolation game of the Eastern Mennonite Tip-Off Tournament. Sophomore Ashley Hart (Pt. Pleasant Beach/ Peddie School) scored a career-high 15 points on 6-9 shooting and freshman Lesley Macchiaverna (Toms River/ TR East) added a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Ospreys.
Michele Auerbacher (Franklin Lakes/Ramapo) and Alyssa Reiter (Sewell/ Gloucester Catholic) contributed nine points apiece for Stockton. Reiter was named to the All-Tournament Team. The Ospreys built a 25-13 lead as Macchiaverna capped a 5-0 spurt with a layup 3:32 before halftime. Hood responded by scoring the final six points of the period to pull within 25-19 at intermission.
Stockton broke the game open in the second half with a 14-0 run as the Ospreys held Hood scoreless for nearly eight minutes. Macchiaverna and Kim Herriger (Howell/ Msgr. Donovan) each scored five points during the spree, which resulted in a 48-23 lead with 9:18 to play. Stockton led by at least 21 points for the rest of the game to post its first victory of the season, 63-38. |
