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The Golden Bears raised their record to 9-10 following their fifth victory in six outings. WNE is 8-4 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), which includes a perfect mark in six conference road contests.

Salve Regina, who defeated CCC leader Univ. of New England 63-51 last Saturday, is now 11-8 overall and also 8-4 in conference play after suffering their first home league loss in seven games.

Savino, the CCC Player-of-the-Week who was named to the national d3hoops.com Team of the Week this evening, led the way by scoring 16 of her points in the second half. She made 9-of-14 field-goal attempts, including three-of-four three-pointers, and all five foul shots. Savino also grabbed eight rebounds, collected three steals, and had a pair of assists.

Junior guard Shelby Van Huysen (Killingworth, CT) made a big contribution by scoring all 10 of her points in the second half. She sank three-of-four shots (and both three-pointers) and made two free throws.

Leading 22-20 at halftime, Western New England fell behind by five points (30-25) before taking the lead for good at 33-32 after Van Huysen drained a three-pointer with 12:49 to play.

The Golden Bears extended their margin to 47-35 when Savino fired-in a three-pointer at the 7:53 mark.

The Seahawks rallied with a 16-4 run over the next five minutes to tie the game at 51-51 after junior guard Kaitlyn Birrell (Hope Valley, RI) made a jump shot with 2:18 to play.

Senior forward Sarah Proper (Coxsackie, NY) made a layup to give WNE the lead for good and Savino converted two foul shots following her steal with 14 seconds remaining for the win. SRU missed four shots in the final two minutes and made a costly turnover.

Sophomore forward Marissa Pendergast (Medfield, MA) led the hosts with 18 points (8-for-18 from the floor) while senior center Lindsay Shorey (Ashland, MA) added 13 points and eight rebounds.

Neither team shot well with Western New England making only 32.7% of its shots from the field and Salve Regina connecting on only 31.9% of its attempts.

WNE survived despite making 24 turnovers compared to 16 for SRU.

Another big difference was the Golden Bears received 18 points from its bench players while the Seahawks received no points from its reserves who combined to play 52 minutes.

Western New England swept the season series after beating Salve Regina 50-42 back on January 12 in Springfield.

Contact: Ken Cerino, Western New England athletic communications director (413) 782-1227
kcerino@wne.edu