Freshman guard Sara Gaspar ignited the run with two free throws and a three-pointer. Junior forward Laura Goggin also hit a three-pointer during the run, which also included jump shots by senior guard Kerri Augenstein and junior guard Sarah Lynch and a pair of baskets by sophomore forward Lindsay Marsh.
The Corsairs made 47.1 per cent of their shots from the field in the first half, holding the Engineers to just 33.3 per cent. Freshman forward Joanna Piascik led all scorers with 15 points, while also grabbing 11 rebounds. Augenstein contributed 12 points, while Marsh and sophomore center Vasiliki Palantzas added 10 points each.
Cherelle Walls led MIT with 14 points, Clara Yuan added 13 and Kimberly Soo Hoo contributed 11.
“I was happy with the win,” said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Mick Klitzner. “MIT was scrappy and hustled and made it tough for a while, you have to give them credit. We were able to get the ball inside, and our big people shot the ball well, and I think that was the difference. Joanna had another good game. She just keeps getting better and better.”
UMass Dartmouth improved to 8-8 and won their second game in a row, while MIT fell to 3-9 with the defeat. The Corsairs will return to action when they visit Southern Maine Saturday in the first game of a Little East Conference doubleheader.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
MIT vs UMASS DARTMOUTH
01/19/06 7:00 P.M. at TRIPP ATHLETIC CENTER
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VISITORS: MIT 3-9
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
21 Sharon Prange....... f 2-6 0-0 0-1 2 2 4 4 4 1 3 0 2 23
32 Karen Kinnaman...... f 4-13 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 8 2 4 0 0 37
42 Christa Margossian.. c 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 2 1 2 0 1 25
15 Clara Yuan.......... g 4-15 3-11 2-2 2 7 9 4 13 1 5 0 3 31
30 Kimberly Soo Hoo.... g 4-10 0-2 3-3 1 2 3 0 11 8 0 0 1 31
20 Jordan Wirfs-Brock.. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
22 Michal Ruchelsman... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 6
23 Alice Yeh........... 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 7
34 Cheryl Kwinn........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
35 Cherelle Walls...... 7-12 0-0 0-0 3 3 6 4 14 1 4 0 1 19
40 Darchelle Clark..... 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 9
41 Samantha O'Keefe.... 0-2 0-0 0-1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 11
TEAM................ 1 1 2
Totals.............. 23-64 4-14 5-8 15 23 38 22 55 15 24 0 11 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-36 33.3% 2nd Half: 11-28 39.3% Game: 35.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 28.6% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 0-1 0.0% 2nd Half: 5-7 71.4% Game: 62.5% 0
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HOME TEAM: UMASS DARTMOUTH 8-8
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
11 Joanna Piascik...... f 5-8 0-0 5-8 3 8 11 1 15 1 2 1 5 30
21 Laura Goggin........ f 2-4 2-3 0-0 1 2 3 3 6 4 5 0 0 21
42 Vasiliki Palantzas.. c 5-6 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 0 10 3 1 4 1 25
13 Kerri Augenstein.... g 3-14 0-3 6-9 0 1 1 2 12 6 2 0 2 35
23 Sara Gaspar......... g 1-8 1-5 2-2 1 3 4 1 5 1 4 0 1 22
03 Sarah Lynch......... 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 8
10 Ashley Chard........ 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 4 1 5 0 0 10
12 Madison Malloy...... 1-2 1-2 0-2 0 2 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 18
14 Tracy Fitzpatrick... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 7
24 Lisa Satkevich...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
25 Merideth Morgan..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
30 Lindsay Marsh....... 5-10 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 3 10 1 3 1 1 16
TEAM................ 1 2 3
Totals.............. 25-56 4-13 15-23 11 29 40 16 69 19 23 8 11 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-34 47.1% 2nd Half: 9-22 40.9% Game: 44.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 30.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 12-19 63.2% Game: 65.2% 5
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Officials: HENRY OPIEKUN, JOHN WILLIAMS AND JANE HOPKINS
Technical fouls: MIT-None. UMASS DARTMOUTH-None.
Attendance: 125
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
MIT........................... 25 30 - 55
UMASS DARTMOUTH............... 38 31 - 69