2008 Woodie Awards
Lions surge past Eagles
Mark Meagher/Beacon correspondent
Issue date: 2/7/05 Section: Sports
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The Emerson College women's basketball team played host to the Daniel Webster College Eagles Saturday and shot the lights out against their conference foesÂliterally.
Emerson dominated the Eagles with a final score of 88-48.
The game took a strange turn late in the first half, as the lights suddenly turned off while the referees were discussing a broken possession arrow with the coaches.
"That was so strange," said a laughing Emerson head coach Melissa Hart after the game. "I don't know what that was. No one's in that closet, and that's where the light switches are. So I'm really unclear unless there's
a little sprite in there causing
mischief."
The Emerson players, however, were not distracted by the unusual event.
"Everyone else might have laughed, but we just took it as a time for us to get a breath and go back out there," said junior guard Molly O'Keefe.
But, Emerson did not come out strong in the early going. The Lions trailed 12-6 due to some missed shots on their behalf and a strong start for the Eagles.
"When [the shots] aren't falling, then the other team gains confidence," Hart said. "We just missed a lot of easy shots early on."
The brief delay caused by the lights and the possession arrow, which was later fixed with a piece of paper and a marker, let the Lions regroup. They took the lead by the end of the half, 34-25.
"You want to go out as strong as you can, and sometimes you're just a little sluggish," said sophomore forward Pam Coppola. "Once we really got into it, we got things rolling and we just took it from there."
At that point, the Lions clamped down on defense.
"We always try to make a point to try to focus and only have a team score under 50 points a game," O'Keefe said. "Usually for us that doesn't happen ... [but] today we really put our minds to it and made sure that they weren't going to score past [50]."
Emerson dominated the second half. By the end of the game, the Lions forced 17 steals and five blocks, which helped to 30 turnovers overall, and out-rebounded Daniel Webster 69-37.
O'Keefe led all scorers in the game with 24 points.
Ellie Feitlinger tallied a double-double of 16 points and 18 rebounds, and also led the team with four steals and six assists.
Mallory Frers banked in an additional 10 points.
"It's the start that should've been happening for a while," O'Keefe said. "We're a very talented group of girls, very athletic, and I really hope that it carries into next week because we have three tough games ahead of us."
Emerson dominated the Eagles with a final score of 88-48.
The game took a strange turn late in the first half, as the lights suddenly turned off while the referees were discussing a broken possession arrow with the coaches.
"That was so strange," said a laughing Emerson head coach Melissa Hart after the game. "I don't know what that was. No one's in that closet, and that's where the light switches are. So I'm really unclear unless there's
a little sprite in there causing
mischief."
The Emerson players, however, were not distracted by the unusual event.
"Everyone else might have laughed, but we just took it as a time for us to get a breath and go back out there," said junior guard Molly O'Keefe.
But, Emerson did not come out strong in the early going. The Lions trailed 12-6 due to some missed shots on their behalf and a strong start for the Eagles.
"When [the shots] aren't falling, then the other team gains confidence," Hart said. "We just missed a lot of easy shots early on."
The brief delay caused by the lights and the possession arrow, which was later fixed with a piece of paper and a marker, let the Lions regroup. They took the lead by the end of the half, 34-25.
"You want to go out as strong as you can, and sometimes you're just a little sluggish," said sophomore forward Pam Coppola. "Once we really got into it, we got things rolling and we just took it from there."
At that point, the Lions clamped down on defense.
"We always try to make a point to try to focus and only have a team score under 50 points a game," O'Keefe said. "Usually for us that doesn't happen ... [but] today we really put our minds to it and made sure that they weren't going to score past [50]."
Emerson dominated the second half. By the end of the game, the Lions forced 17 steals and five blocks, which helped to 30 turnovers overall, and out-rebounded Daniel Webster 69-37.
O'Keefe led all scorers in the game with 24 points.
Ellie Feitlinger tallied a double-double of 16 points and 18 rebounds, and also led the team with four steals and six assists.
Mallory Frers banked in an additional 10 points.
"It's the start that should've been happening for a while," O'Keefe said. "We're a very talented group of girls, very athletic, and I really hope that it carries into next week because we have three tough games ahead of us."