Purdue Fort Wayne
8-5, 2-2Summit
Centenary (LA)
0-10, 0-4Summit
Mastodons Erupt on New Years Eve
12/31/2010 8:44:17 PM | Women's Basketball
BOX SCORE | POSTGME NOTES (.pdf)
Shreveport, LA – IPFW got a school-record shooting performance from Stephanie Rosado, who made 10-of-11 shots from the field en route to a team-high 25 points, as IPFW out-scored Centenary 32-10 to end the first half, and 45-25 over the entirety of the second half to cruise to a 94-65 win in Shreveport on New Years Eve.
Rosado scored 25 points on 10-of-11 shooting, a .909 percentage, topping the previous single-game mark of .900 set by Barb Derry on December 1, 1995. Anne Boese added 24 points, making 6-of-7 from long range, that percentage tying for the second best in program history. Jordan Zuppe added 11 points, while Kayla Drake and Erin Murphy each scored eight.
Rosado pulled down a team-leading eight rebounds, as IPFW out-rebounded the Ladies 38-to-32 for the game. IPFW also forced 25 Centenary turnovers, 17 coming on steals. Drake, Zuppe, and Chelsey Jackson each dished out four assists, as Rosado had a trio of blocked shots.
With the win, IPFW improves to 8-5, the best start through 13 games since the program became an NCAA Division I member in 2001-02, while evening its Summit League at 2-2.
Centenary came out firing on all cylinders, making seven of its first eight shots, and ten of the first dozen, leading by as many as 13 points after a pair of Ashley Jackson free throws with 13:05 left on the clock.
Rosado followed with a personal 8-0 run, cutting the deficit to three, but IPFW took full advantage of the gained momentum, taking the lead for good with a Boese three-pointer with 4:26 left in the half, as the Mastodons closed the opening period by out-scoring the Ladies 32-10 after the Jackson free throws put the host ahead by a bakers dozen.
The second half was all IPFW, as Centenary closed the gap to single digits just twice, both at eight points, as the Mastodons cruised to the lopsided win.
IPFW made 35-of-68 shots from the field, a percentage of .515, the second best this season, while converting on 12-of-25 long-range shots, 48.0 percent. Centenary made 48.3 percent (14-of-29) of its shots in the first half, and converted on just 30.4 percent (7-of-23) in the second, while coming up empty on all seven of its three-point attempts.
Ashley Jackson scored a team-best 25 points, making 11-of-13 from the free throw line, while Anne Farrell and Megan Daniel each scored a dozen. Farrell pulled down 10 rebounds for the double-double, while Ne-Ne Cook had a game-high five assists.
The Mastodons return to action on January 8, when the team hosts the Jaguars of IUPUI in the first game of a women's/men's double header at the Memorial Coliseum.
~Dons~
