News Release

UTICA, Ny - December 5, 2006 — UC WOMEN’S HOOPS PULLS AWAY IN SECOND HALF

UTICA, NY – The Utica College women’s basketball team defeated visiting Southern Vermont 86-49 Tuesday night at the Clark Athletic Center.
The Mountaineers kept it close in the first half as Jalessa Marshall (Waterbury/Waterbury, CT) scored 13 first half points and Pioneers went into the locker room with a slim four point lead.
UC came out strong in the second half and pulled away, outscoring Southern Vermont by 33 points in the final 20:00.
Karen Crisanti (Geneva/Geneva) led UC with 19 points and seven rebounds, while freshman Jessica Snyder (Jordan-Elbridge/Elbridge) scored a career-high 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Laura Keating (Horseheads/Whitesboro) came off the bench and scored 18 points and dished out five assists. Mallory Davis (Rockville/Vernon Rockville, CT) scored 11 points in 20:00 of work.
Maria Stipano (Ballston Spa/Ballston Spa) and Danielle Moore (Marylawn of Oranges/East Orange, NJ) each scored their first collegiate points. Stipano tallied three and had three assists, while Moore scored six points.
Ava Thomas (St. Raymonds/Bronx) grabbed nine rebounds and scored six points. Point guard Dana Danziger (Point Pleasant/Point Pleasant, NJ) scored two points and added two assists.
Shenika Dow (Raleigh/Raleigh, NC) shot 11-for-24 from the floor and tallied a game-high 27 points for the Mountaineers.
UC (5-1, 0-0 Empire 8) returns to action at 6 p.m. Thursday when they square off against visiting Oswego St. Free tickets for Thursday night’s game will be available at www.ucpioneers.com starting Wednesday.
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Newspaper Box Score
SVCWBB07 vs Utica College
12-05-06 7:30 p.m. at Utica, NY (Clark Athletic Center)
At Utica, NY (Clark Athletic Center)
UTICA COLLEGE 86, SVCWBB07 49
SVCWBB07 (0-6, 0-0)
Dow, Shenika 11-24 3-5 27; Jalessa Marshall 7-11 1-2 15; Pamela Pelchat 1-3
0-0 3; Shamara Wallace 1-4 0-0 3; Krystle White 0-5 1-2 1. Totals 20-47 5-9
49.
UTICA COLLEGE (5-1, 0-0)
Karen Crisanti 7-12 2-2 19; Jessica Snyder 5-16 8-8 18; Laura Keating 6-9
5-8 18; Mallory Davis 4-9 3-3 11; Danielle Moore 1-6 3-4 6; Ava Thomas 3-6
0-0 6; Maria Stipano 1-1 1-2 3; Kristen Vasta 1-8 0-0 3; Dana Danziger 1-3
0-0 2. Totals 29-70 22-27 86.
SVCWBB07......................   25   24  -   49
Utica College.................   29   57  -   86
3-point goals-SVCWBB07 4-14 (Dow, Shenika 2-8; Pamela Pelchat 1-1; Shamara
Wallace 1-3; Jalessa Marshall 0-2), Utica College 6-19 (Karen Crisanti 3-6;
Danielle Moore 1-2; Laura Keating 1-3; Kristen Vasta 1-6; Mallory Davis 0-1;
Jessica Snyder 0-1). Fouled out--SVCWBB07-None, Utica College-None.
Rebounds-SVCWBB07 32 (Dow, Shenika 8), Utica College 43 (Jessica Snyder 10).
Assists-SVCWBB07 7 (Dow, Shenika 3), Utica College 22 (Laura Keating 5).
Total fouls-SVCWBB07 19, Utica College 11. A-112