Dudley, MA — Freshman MaryLynn Skarzenski notched a double-double with 11 points and 10 assists to lead Nichols past non-conference foe Newbury College, 68-37, tonight on the campus of Nichols College. Nichols is now 10-6 overall and 7-2 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference. Newbury College is now 2-13.

Nichols built a 32-19 halftime lead and never looked back. The Bison only committed seven turnovers and had 11 steals, while Newbury shot only 20 percent from the floor on the night.

Skarzenski (Woodbridge, NJ) finished the night with five rebounds and three steals to go along with her 11 points and 10 assists. Senior Heather Clarke (Henniker, NH) added 10 points and three steals while senior forward Katie Mitchell (Goffstown, NH) added eight points, six rebounds and two assists.

Newbury senior guard Randi Hardiman (Loudon, NH) finished the game with 23 points, while junior center Taraja Laws (Easton, PA) had 24 rebounds (16 defensive) in the loss.

Nichols next match is a Commonwealth Coast Conference game against Curry at 1 p.m. in Dudley (MA).

Newspaper Box Score
NEW vs NICHOLS
1-26-06 6 p.m. at Dudley, Ma Nichols College
At Dudley, Ma Nichols College
NICHOLS 68, NEW 37
NEW (2-13)
Randi Hardiman 7-20 6-7 24; Danielle Wisniowski 2-11 3-4 7; Jessie Laliberty
1-9 0-0 3; Devon Frazier 1-5 1-3 3; Michaela Lynch 0-1 0-0 0; Taraja Laws
0-8 0-1 0. Totals 11-54 10-15 37.
NICHOLS (10-6, 7-2 CCC)
MaryLynn Skarzenski 5-10 1-1 11; Heather Clarke 4-14 2-3 10; Kathryn
Mitchell 4-8 0-0 8; Stacey Hejwosz 3-5 0-0 7; Brittney Case 2-2 2-2 7;
Kristina Weasel 1-9 4-4 6; Johanna Murphy 3-6 0-0 6; Kara Cicchiello 2-6 0-0
4; Katie Fondelheit 2-4 0-0 4; Claire Scrafani 1-9 0-0 3; Nicole Loiselle
1-5 0-0 2; Christina Hebert 0-7 0-0 0. Totals 28-85 9-10 68.
NEW...........................   19   18  -   37
NICHOLS.......................   32   36  -   68
3-point goals-NEW 5-14 (Randi Hardiman 4-8; Jessie Laliberty 1-3; Michaela
Lynch 0-1; Danielle Wisniowski 0-2), NICHOLS 3-18 (Stacey Hejwosz 1-2;
Brittney Case 1-1; Claire Scrafani 1-5; Kristina Weasel 0-4; Christina
Hebert 0-2; Heather Clarke 0-3; MaryLynn Skarzenski 0-1). Fouled
out--NEW-None, NICHOLS-None. Rebounds-NEW 52 (Taraja Laws 20), NICHOLS 49
(Kathryn Mitchell 6; Katie Fondelheit 6). Assists-NEW 7 (Danielle Wisniowski
5), NICHOLS 18 (MaryLynn Skarzenski 10). Total fouls-NEW 10, NICHOLS 9. A-75
Freshman MaryLynn Skarzenski had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebouns
It's her fourth double-double of the season