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Minutewomen Fall At Villanova, 75-51
December 11, 2007 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 11, 2007
VILLANOVA, Pa. - UMass women's basketball fell on the road Tuesday night to Villanova, 75-51, at The Pavilion. Kate Mills (Elkton, Md.) led the Minutewomen with 18 points on 8-for-10 shooting. Pam Rosanio (Southampton, Pa.) added nine for UMass, while Sakera Young (Glassboro, N.J.) scored eight points, all in the second half, and led the team with six rebounds. Stacie Witman led Villanova with 21 points on a night that saw the Wildcats make 15 three-pointers. UMass drops to 4-6 on the season, while Villanova improves to 8-2.
The Minutewomen took a 9-6 lead to start the game, led by Mills with four. The Wildcats then came back to tie the score at 15-15 with 13:00 minutes remaining in the half and would go on to outscore UMass 26-8 over the next 9:43 to open up a 41-23 lead. The Minutewomen held Villanova scoreless over the final 3:16 of the half and used a 4-0 spurt to go into halftime down, 41-27.
Mills led UMass in the first half with 14 points on 6-for-7 shooting and Rosanio added six points. The Minutewomen shot 47.8% (11-23) and were 2-for-3 from long-range. The Wildcats shot 10-for-21 from three-point range in the first half, while shooting 51.7% (15-29) overall. Lisa Karcic led the way for Villanova with 11 points and Witman added nine.
Villanova scored the first eight points of the second half to widen the led to 50-27, with 17:06 to go. That lead would prove to be enough, as the teams traded baskets throughout the second half. Freshman Cerie Mosgrove (Needham, Mass.) came off the bench to score five points in the final 1:17 for the Minutewomen.
For the game, UMass shot 42% (21-50) overall and 30% (3-10) from behind the arc. Villanova shot 48.3% (29-60) from the floor and 41.7% (15-36) from three-point range. The Wildcats entered the game as the leading three-point shooting team in the country at 10.7 per game. The Minutewomen out-rebounded the Wildcats, 34-29.
The Minutewomen return to action on Saturday, when they travel to Staten Island, N.Y. to take on Wagner in a 2 p.m. non-conference game.
