The Violets jumped out to a 33-point halftime lead using defensive movement to force the Tartans into 13 first half turnovers and a shooting percentage of .192. Carnegie Mellon went scoreless for four minutes while NYU built a 26-11 lead with 8:43 to play. A trey by senior guard Nora Darcher was all the Tartans would score for the remainder of the half, as the first stanza ended with a 47-14 Violet advantage.
The home team would settle down in the second half, making 36.7% of their shot attempts and also forced the Violets to shoot just 34.4% from the floor after hitting 64.5% during the first 20 minutes.
Freshman guard Paige Williamson caught fire in the second half scoring all 12 of her team-best points on four three-pointers, two coming in transition offense.
Sophomore guard Colleen Light finished with 11 points to follow Williamson and sophomore guard Stacie Aleski added a team-high five assists.
The Violets were led by Jessica McEntee who had a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Stephanie Ryba totaled 14 points on 60% shooting and Karen Bachman had a team-best six assists.
The Tartans continue their tough schedule with a home contest against #8 Brandeis University on Sunday, January 7 at 2:00 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
New York University vs Carnegie Mellon
1/5/07 6:00 p.m. at Pittsburgh, Pa. - Skibo Gymnasium
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VISITORS: New York University 11-0, 1-0
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
25 McEntee, Jessica.... f 4-6 1-1 2-3 2 11 13 1 11 1 3 0 0 24
42 Ryba, Stephanie..... f 6-10 2-3 0-1 2 4 6 3 14 1 2 1 1 17
15 Bachman, Karen...... c 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 6 6 2 1 3 20
05 Rochetti, Adrienne.. g 2-7 0-2 1-1 0 3 3 0 5 4 0 0 1 25
23 Brown, Gena......... g 4-8 0-1 0-1 1 0 1 0 8 1 4 1 1 21
03 Trout, Chelsea...... 3-9 1-5 0-0 1 0 1 0 7 1 2 0 1 22
04 Labossiere, Sabrina. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 Hum-Traverso, Jen... 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 17
24 Anderson, Alaina.... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
32 McDevitt, Sarah..... 2-7 0-2 1-2 2 0 2 2 5 1 3 0 0 17
33 Carmen, Grace....... 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 10
34 Fox, Megan.......... 3-4 0-0 1-2 2 7 9 2 7 3 2 2 0 23
Team................ 3 2 5
Totals.............. 31-63 5-15 5-10 17 31 48 11 72 19 20 5 7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 20-31 64.5% 2nd Half: 11-32 34.4% Game: 49.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 33.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 50.0% 0
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HOME TEAM: Carnegie Mellon 5-6, 0-2
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
24 Feola, Leah......... f 0-8 0-4 4-4 1 1 2 2 4 3 2 1 1 22
52 Rothwell, Ashley.... f 2-6 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 4 6 0 1 2 0 24
04 Mazziotta, Ashley... g 2-4 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 14
20 Light, Colleen...... g 4-12 3-6 0-0 1 2 3 0 11 2 2 0 3 29
32 Aleski, Stacie...... g 0-7 0-6 0-0 0 5 5 0 0 5 3 0 1 30
03 Darcher, Nora....... 3-5 3-4 0-0 1 4 5 0 9 2 0 0 0 24
10 Innes, Corey........ 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 11
23 Schilling, Jeanette. 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4 0 0 5 0 0 16
30 Jones, Chrissy...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 9
33 Williamson, Paige... 4-7 4-6 0-0 1 0 1 1 12 1 1 0 2 21
TEAM................ 3 2 5
Totals.............. 16-56 12-29 6-6 9 20 29 12 50 14 18 3 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 5-26 19.2% 2nd Half: 11-30 36.7% Game: 28.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd Half: 8-16 50.0% Game: 41.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 6-6 100 % Game: 100 % 0
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Officials: Frank Steratore, Kathy Ridilla, Rob Doss
Technical fouls: New York University-None. Carnegie Mellon-None.
Attendance: 112
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
New York University........... 47 25 - 72
Carnegie Mellon............... 14 36 - 50
New York University is ranked 16th in Division III coaches poll
Points in the paint-NYUW 46,CMUW 8. Points off turnovers-NYUW 22,CMUW 15.
2nd chance points-NYUW 10,CMUW 8. Fast break points-NYUW 10,CMUW 11.
Bench points-NYUW 28,CMUW 24. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time.
Last FG-NYUW 2nd-00:19, CMUW 2nd-00:44.
Largest lead-NYUW by 36 2nd-16:11, CMUW by 3 1st-19:43.