Women's Basketball vs. Ramapo - Athletics & Recreation

Women's Basketball
1/12/08

Stockton 57, Ramapo 52

Kelley Guarrera

Boxscore

Kelley Guarrera (Shamong/Shawnee) registered her second consecutive double-double with team highs of 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Stockton women’s basketball team to a 57-52 NJAC victory over Ramapo. Kristin Sciarrillo (Edison/Edison) added 11 points and eight rebounds while Lisa Neira (Cresskill/Cresskill) tied her career high with eight assists and scored six points. Cehara Wellington (Cherry Hill/CH East) grabbed a career-high nine rebounds and tossed in six points as well.

Wellington sank three consecutive free throws and Guarrera followed with a jumper as the Ospreys used the five-point burst for an early 11-6 lead that was the largest of the first half for either team. The score also was tied nine times in the period. Sciarrillo snapped a 25-25 deadlock with a free throw in the final minute to give Stockton a slim 26-25 lead at the break.

In the second half, Ramapo tied the game at 46 on a three-pointer with 9:32 to play, but then went scoreless for over seven minutes. Stockton reeled off 10 consecutive points, with the spurt ending on a layup by Sciarrillo that gave the Ospreys a 56-46 advantage with 2:18 remaining. Ramapo closed the gap to four points in the final minute before Stockton closed out the 57-52 triumph.