NEW BRITAIN,Conn. -- The Fordham women's basketball team constructed a complete team effort in its 72-36 victory Tuesday night over Central Connecticut inside Detrick Gymnasium. With the victory, the Rams have now won two straight and improve to 6-4 on the season, while the Blue Devils fall to 4-5 overall.
All 12 dressed members of the roster played at least seven minutes or more, with 11 finding their way into the scoring column while not a single Ram scored in double figures. Junior
Samantha Clark and sophomores
Hannah Missry,
Danielle Padovano and
Danielle Burns all scored nine points to lead the way, while senior
Emily Tapio and freshman
G'mrice Davis each netted eight points.
On the glass, Fordham outrebounded CCSU, 38-28, as Clark paced the Rams with six boards, with Davis adding five. Tapio dished out a game-high four assists, and Padovano recorded a career-best three steals.
The Rams shot a season-high 52.9 percent (27-of-51) from the field, including knocking down 16-of-28 (57.1 percent) over the first 20 minutes. Defensively, they held the Blue Devils to only 28.3 percent (13-of-46) and just 5-of-24 in the second half (20.8 percent). The 32 points scored by CCSU marked a season-best for Fordham.
The Blue Devils scored the first four points of the game, before the Rams came back to tie the contest at 6-6. A three from Clark broke the tie and gave Fordham the lead for good and started a 17-3 run, which was capped by Clark with a layup at the 10:15 mark of the first half.
The Rams defense really went to work after CCSU cut the lead back to 12 at 25-13 with 8:18 left in the opening half. Fordham did not allow the Blue Devils to score until 1:22 remaining before halftime and outscored CCSU by 10 over the stretch. The Rams went into the locker room leading 38-17.
Fordham returns to action this Sunday, Dec. 14 when it welcomes Manhattan to the Rose Hill Gymnasium for the annual Battle of the Bronx, with tipoff slated for 2 p.m.
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