BRYN MAWR, Pa. – The Dickinson women's basketball team posted a clean second quarter on Saturday outscoring the host Bryn Mawr College 13-0 and held the Owls to just 7-of-48 (14.6%) en route to a dominating 57-19 Centennial Conference win inside the Class of 1958 Gymnasium. With the victory the Devils continued their outstanding post-holiday run by collecting their eleventh consecutive win of the season.
It took two minutes to see the first points of the game as both sides had a hard time getting on track early when
Abby John found
Victoria Zerbe for the layup. However, on the ensuing trip down the floor the home side took their first lead with a triple from Hannah Mack. After that moment though the Devils went on a tear as
Lindsey Hollenshead kicked off an 11-0 romp that also saw contributions from
Clair Marion and
Jenna Weinstein to open up a 13-3 edge with three minutes left causing a BMC timeout. Out of the break Jessica Smith knocked home two at the line, before a trey for
Caitlin Blackman and layup by Zerbe made it 18-5 through one.
The Devils continued to pile on to begin the second as
Clare Cronley struck a shot from long-range, followed by layups for
Indatou Ali-Goukoye and Weinstein to push the gap to 20 (25-5) with just three minutes gone. The ensuing five minutes were a "good news, bad news" stretch for the Red and White. The "good news" was the defense was lockdown forcing the Owls to miss their next five shots and turn the ball over seven times. However, at the other end of the floor DC went 0-for-4 during that same time, until Marion found the bottom of the net with a pull-up jumper. That seemed to wake the Devils up a little bit more as
Gabby Smelcer and Hollenshead added buckets over the 90-seconds to take a commanding 31-5 lead to the locker room.
The opening minute of the third quarter saw the two teams trade buckets as Marion and Smith tallied, before buckets by Marion and Zerbe pushed the gap to 30 (37-7) at the 3:03 mark. After Smith collected her second layup of the period, Dickinson did not let the Owls score again as the Red and White ended on a 9-0 push on baskets from
Irene Haramis, Hollenshead, Marion and Smelcer made it 46-9 with 30 minutes in the books.
Dickinson kept on firing to start the fourth period with Smelcer cashing inside the paint, while Haramis dropped in a bomb from long-range extending the lead to 51-11. After Smith claimed her third and fourth points of the quarter, Molley Heron and
Ella Smith tickled the twine for the Devils to recapture the 41-point cushion at 57-16. A triple by Smith with just 39-ticks remaining would account for the final bucket of the game leaving the final 57-19.
Red Devil Leaders
Points – Hollenshead and Marion (11), Smelcer and Zerbe (6)
Assists – Cronley (4), Marion (3), Zerbe (2)
Rebounds – Zerbe (7), Heron and Hollenshead (6)
Owl Leaders
Points – Smith (13), Mack (6)
Assists – Jiang, Richter and Smith (1)
Rebounds – Silver and Smith (5)
Postseason Outlook
The Red and White enter the final two weeks of the regular season sitting just one game out of a tie for first-place in the Centennial Conference standings. The Devils currently trail both Gettysburg and Johns Hopkins by one game with one more matchup against each team to come. Dickinson though with just one more win would assure themselves of finishing no worse than third and earning themselves a home playoff game in the upcoming Centennial Conference tournament.
Next on the Court
Dickinson (16-4, 13-2 Centennial) will begin one of the biggest week's in recent program history when they welcome the 25th-ranked Gettysburg College Bullets to the Kline Center for a massive conference clash at 6pm on Tuesday night. The Red and White will be looking to avenge a devastating 68-38 setback at the battlefield on December 6th.
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